Following is the chronology of events in the December 16, 2012, gangrape and murder case of a 23-year-old girl in which the juvenile convict is set to be released on December 20 from a correctional home where he has spent three years.
* Dec 16, 2012: Paramedical student gangraped and brutally assaulted by six persons on a private bus.
* Dec 17: Widespread protests erupt demanding strict action against the accused.
* Dec 17: Police identify four accused - bus driver Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta.
* Dec 18: Ram Singh and three others are arrested.
* Dec 20: Victim's friend testifies.
* Dec 21: Delinquent juvenile nabbed from Anand Vihar bus terminus in Delhi. Victim's friend identifies Mukesh as one of the culprits. Police conduct raids in Haryana and Bihar to nab the sixth accused, Akshay Thakur.
* Dec 21-22: Thakur arrested in Aurangabad district of Bihar and brought to Delhi. Victim records statement before the SDM in hospital.
* Dec 25: Girl's condition declared critical.
* Dec 26: Following a cardiac arrest, victim flown to Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital by the government.
* Dec 29: Victim succumbs to injuries and other medical conditions at 2:15 AM. Police add murder charge in the FIR.
* Jan 3, 2013: Police file chargesheet against five adult accused for offences including murder, gangrape, attempt to murder, kidnapping, unnatural offences and dacoity, etc.
* Jan 28: Juvenile separately proceeded with in Juvenile Justice Board (JJB).
* Feb 28: JJB frames charges against the minor.
* Mar 11: Ram Singh commits suicide in Tihar jail.
* Jul 5: Inquiry (trial) in JJB against juvenile in gangrape-cum-murder case and robbery concludes. JJB reserves verdict for July 11.
* Jul 11: JJB holds minor guilty of illegally confining and robbing a carpenter on December 16 night before allegedly taking part in the gangrape.
* Aug 31: JJB convicts the minor for gangrape and murder and awards three-year term at probation home.
* Sep 10: Court convicts adult accused -- Mukesh, Vinay, Akshay, Pawan -- of 13 offences, including gangrape, unnatural offence and murder of the girl and attempt to murder her male friend.
* Sep 13: Court awards death to all four convicts.
* Mar 13, 2014: HC upholds death penalty awarded to the four convicts.
* Dec 11, 2015: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy filed plea in Delhi High Court that the juvenile convict be not released.
* Dec 18: Delhi High Court refuses to stop his release.
