Following is the chronology of events in the 2008 Aarushi Talwar murder case:
May 16, 2008 : Aarushi Talwar found dead in her bedroom.
Domestic help Hemraj suspected as the killer.
May 19 : Talwar’s former domestic help Vishnu Sharma named suspect.
May 23 : Aarushi’s father Rajesh Talwar arrested as a key accused.
June 1 : CBI takes over the probe in the case.
June 13 : Talwar’s domestic help Krishna arrested by CBI.
June 26 : CBI declares it a “blind case”. Rajesh Talwar denied bail by a special Ghaziabad magistrate.
July 12 : Rajesh Talwar granted bail.
December 29 : CBI submits closure report. Gives clean chit to servants, but points fingers at parents.
February 9, 2011 : Court takes cognisance of CBI report and asks it to continue with prosecution charging Aarushi’s parents with murder and destruction of evidence.
February 21 : Talwars approach Allahabad HC for quashing trial court summons.
March 18 : Allahabad HC dismisses the plea.
November, 2013 : Rajesh and Nupur convicted for the double murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court in Ghaziabad.
September 7, 2017 : Allahabad HC bench reserves judgment on parents’ plea and fixes October 12 as the date of verdict.
October 12, 2017 : Allahabad HC acquits Aarushi’s parents.