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PRJ-LIVE-DL-1996-PRIYADARSHINIRapeCLOSED CONVICTED✓ Conviction

Location: Delhi, Delhi

Incident: 1996-01-23

IPC Sections: 376, 302, 201

Victims: 1

Data confidence:98%

Progress

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Timeline · 4 events

  1. FIR FILEDMilestone98%

    Priyadarshini Mattoo (25), Delhi University law student, raped and strangled in her Delhi flat. Santosh Kumar Singh (IPS officer's son) who had been harassing her arrested.

    IK
  2. VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone98%

    Additional Sessions Judge G.P. Thareja acquits Santosh Kumar Singh "on benefit of doubt." Judgment widely condemned; judge noted the accused was "guilty beyond doubt" but acquitted on technical grounds.

    Court: Additional Sessions Court, Delhi

    NDTV
  3. VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone99%

    Delhi High Court reverses acquittal, convicts Santosh Kumar Singh of rape and murder, sentences to death.

    Court: Delhi High Court

    LL
  4. VERDICT PRONOUNCEDMilestone99%

    Supreme Court upholds conviction; commutes death sentence to life imprisonment. Judgment affirms reversal of acquittal by appellate courts is valid in cases of perverse acquittals.

    Court: Supreme Court of India

    IK

Key Milestones

  • ◆1996-01-23FIR FILED
  • ◆1999-12-03VERDICT PRONOUNCED
  • ◆2006-10-17VERDICT PRONOUNCED
  • ◆2010-10-06VERDICT PRONOUNCED
Privacy notice: Victim identities are protected via cryptographic pseudonymisation. Accused names may be partially redacted pending conviction. All data sourced from public records.