New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday sentenced Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav to 30 years in prison for the murder of Nitish Katara, a friend of Vikas Yadav's sister. Following is the timeline of the murder case:
Feb 16-17, 2002: Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav allegedly abduct and kill Nitish Katara for his intimacy with Vikas's sister Bharti Yadav.
Feb 20: The burnt body of Nitish Katara is found near Hapur crossing in a village in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.
March 31: UP police file chargesheet in the murder case.
Apr 23: Police arrest accused Vikas and Vishal from Madhya Pradesh.
Aug 23: The Supreme Court orders the transfer of the case from a Ghaziabad sessions court to Delhi High Court.
Nov 23: Delhi High Court frames charges against the accused in the murder case and orders conduct of a separate trial against the third accused, Sukhdev Pehalwan in the case.
May 27, 2008: Court reserves order in the case.
May 28: Trial court holds Vikas and Vishal guilty in Nitish Katara murder case.
May 30: Court sentences both convicts to life terms.
July 1: Nitish's mother Neelam Katara approaches Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for Vikas and Vishal.
Sept 5: Vikas and Vishal file appeal in High Court challenging the trial court verdict.
Jul 6, 2011: Trial court convicts Sukhdev Pehalwan in the case.
Jul 10: Court awards life imprisonment to Sukhdev.
Apr 16, 2013: High Court reserves judgment on appeals filed respectively by Nitish's mother Neelam Katara, the three convicts and the prosecution.
Apr 2, 2014: High Court upholds conviction of Vikas, Vishal and Sukhdev, says it was a case of honour killing.
New Delhi. The Supreme Court has made important remarks during the hearing on Friday during the p
At least five people are reported dead in the uproar at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. Internation
'MP factor' is visible in Punjab politics: Sidhu trying to bargain like Scindia!
Jyotiraditya Scindia along with State Congress President Kamal Nath also worked hard to get the p
Military talks between India and China are going to be held on July 17. This will be the 16th pha
These figures are showing the real winner Tejashwi Yadav, even after losing
In short, the result of the Bihar assembly elections is that the NDA, led by Nitish Kumar, has a
Chum Darang needs no introduction today. Chum, who has worked in Badhaai Do and Gangubai Kathiawa
Aryan Khan will remain in jail for now, court rejects bail plea
The bail plea of Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, has been rejected. Alon
Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and her husband Anand Ahuja threw a lavish party for famous footba
KIIT Row: Action in the suicide case of Nepali student, high-level committee summoned KIIT founder
The investigation into the alleged suicide of the female student in the hostel and the subsequent
Indian Navy successfully test-fired BrahMos supersonic missile, the target was accurate
India has got a big success on Tuesday. The Indian Navy has successfully test-fired the supersoni
