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PRJ-LIVE-DL-2012-NIRBHAYAGang RapeCLOSED CONVICTEDFast-Track Court✓ Conviction

Location: South Delhi, Delhi

Incident: 2012-12-16

IPC Sections: 302, 376, 377, 396

Victims: 1

Data confidence:99%

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Timeline · 9 events

  1. FIR REGISTEREDMilestone99%

    A 23-year-old physiotherapy intern and her male friend brutally assaulted on a moving bus in South Delhi. FIR registered under IPC 376, 302. Six accused arrested within days including juvenile.

    NDTV16/12/2012
  2. CHARGESHEET FILEDMilestone99%

    Delhi Police files chargesheet against 5 adult accused (one accused Ram Singh dies in custody March 2013). Fast-track court set up under Delhi High Court directive. Chargesheet runs to over 1,000 pages.

    Court: Saket District Court (Fast Track)

    TOI3/1/2013
  3. TRIAL BEGINSMilestone99%

    Trial commences at Saket fast-track court under Judge Yogesh Khanna. Accused plead not guilty. In-camera proceedings ordered to protect victim identity.

    Court: Saket District Court (Fast Track)

    NDTV21/1/2013
  4. DEATH SENTENCE AWARDEDMilestone99%

    All 4 convicted adults sentenced to death by hanging. Judge Yogesh Khanna describes the case as "the rarest of rare" warranting capital punishment.

    Court: Saket District Court

    "This is the rarest of rare case: Judge Yogesh Khanna"
    NDTV13/9/2013
  5. JUDGMENT DELIVEREDMilestone99%

    Sessions Court convicts all 4 adult accused: Mukesh Singh, Akshay Kumar Singh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta: under IPC 302 (murder), 376 (rape), and other sections.

    Court: Saket District Court

    SC13/9/2013TOI13/9/2013
  6. APPEAL FILEDMilestone99%

    Delhi High Court upholds death sentences for all 4 accused. Court rejects defense appeals and affirms Sessions Court findings on all charges.

    Court: Delhi High Court

    HINDU13/3/2014
  7. SUPREME COURT ORDERMilestone99%

    Supreme Court three-judge bench (CJI Dipak Misra) upholds death sentences for all 4 convicts, dismissing all appeals. SC notes the crime "shook the collective conscience of society."

    Court: Supreme Court of India

    "The incident shook the collective conscience of society: Supreme Court"
    SC5/5/2017HINDU5/5/2017
  8. MERCY PETITION REJECTEDMilestone99%

    President Ram Nath Kovind rejects mercy petition of all 4 convicts. Convicts file multiple curative petitions and fresh mercy petitions causing repeated delays: all rejected by courts.

    NDTV17/1/2020
  9. SENTENCE EXECUTEDMilestone99%

    All 4 convicts: Mukesh Singh, Akshay Kumar Thakur, Vinay Sharma, and Pawan Gupta: hanged at Tihar Jail at 5:30 AM. Seven years and three months after the crime. Case finally closed.

    Court: Tihar Jail

    "All four Nirbhaya convicts hanged at Tihar Jail"
    TOI20/3/2020NDTV20/3/2020

Key Milestones

  • ◆2012-12-16FIR REGISTERED
  • ◆2013-01-03CHARGESHEET FILED
  • ◆2013-01-21TRIAL BEGINS
  • ◆2013-09-10DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED
  • ◆2013-09-13JUDGMENT DELIVERED
  • ◆2014-03-13APPEAL FILED
  • ◆2017-05-05SUPREME COURT ORDER
  • ◆2020-01-17MERCY PETITION REJECTED
  • ◆2020-03-20SENTENCE EXECUTED
Privacy notice: Victim identities are protected via cryptographic pseudonymisation. Accused names may be partially redacted pending conviction. All data sourced from public records.