May 16, 2008: 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar found dead with her throat slit in the bedroom of her home in Noida. Domestic help Hemraj, a Nepali, suspected of murder. ; May 17: Hemraj`s body found on the terrace of Talwar`s residence. ; May 18: Police say murders done with surgical precision, insider job suspected.
May 22: Family under suspicion, probe begins on honour killing angle, the police quiz Aarushi`s close friend whom she spoke to 688 times in the 45 days preceding her murder. ; May 23: Rajesh Talwar arrested for the twin murders. ; June 1: CBI takes over the probe in the case.
June 20: Lie detection test of Rajesh Talwar conducted at CFSL, Delhi. ; June 25: Second lie detection test conducted on Nupur Talwar. Her first lie detection test was found inconclusive. ; June 26: CBI declares the case to be a "blind case". Rajesh Talwar refused bail by the special magistrate in Ghaziabad.
July 3: The Supreme Court rejects a PIL which challenged the conduct of narco-analysis test on the accused. ; July 12: Rajesh Talwar freed on bail from Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad.
January 5, 2010: CBI moves court to conduct narco test on Talwar couple. ; December 29: CBI submits closure report. Clean chit to servants but points fingers at parents. ; January 25, 2011: Rajesh Talwar attacked in the Ghaziabad court premises.
February 9: Court takes cognisance of CBI report, charges Aarushi`s parents with murder and destruction of evidence. ; February 21: Couple approaches the Allahabad High Court for quashing trial court summons. ; March 18: High Court dismisses their plea to quash summons and orders initiation of proceedings against them. ; March 19, 2011: The couple approaches the Supreme Court which stays the trial against them. ; January 6, 2012: Supreme Court dismisses Talwar`s plea and allows the trial to proceed.
June 11, 2012: Trial starts before Special Judge S Lal. ; October 10, 2013: Final arguments begin. ; November 25: Talwar couple convicted by a special CBI court in Ghaziabad, sent to Dasna jail. ; November 26: Rajesh and Nupur Talwar sentenced to life term by the CBI court. (Representative Photo)
January 21, 2014: Talwar couple move to Allahabad High Court against CBI court`s order of life term. ; May 19: Allahabad High Court denies bail to Aarushi`s parents.
January 11, 2017: Allahabad High Court reserves its judgment on the Talwar`s appeal, challenging their conviction by a CBI court in Novemver 2013. ; September 17: Allahabad High Court keeps its judgement reserved in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. ; October 12, 2017: Allahabad High Court acquits Rajesh and Nupur Talwar.
