Graham Staines killing: A timeline
January 21st, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANSBhubaneswar, Jan 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday upheld the life sentence of Dara Singh in the killing of missionary Graham Staines and his sons, exactly 12 years after they were burnt by a Hindu rightwing mob in Orissa’s Keonjhar district. A timeline of the case:Jan 22, 1999: Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons Philip (10) and Timothy (6) burnt to death by a mob while they were sleeping in their station wagon in front of a church at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar.
Jan 29, 1999: The central government sets up judicial commission led by Supreme Court Justice D.P. Wadhwa to investigate the crime.
Feb 24, 1999: The Orissa government decides to hand over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
June 21, 1999: The Wadhwa Commission submits 150-page report to the union home ministry holding Dara Singh guilty of the crime.
June 22, 1999: CBI submits chargesheet against 18 people, including Dara Singh.
Jan 31, 2000: Dara Singh arrested by CBI from a forest in Mayurbhanj district adjoining Keonjhar.
March 1, 2001: Trial in the case begins in a special CBI designated court at Bhubaneswar.
Sep 15, 2003: Court convicts Dara Singh and 12 others.
Sep 22, 2003: Court pronounces quantum of punishment and awards death sentence to Dara Singh and life imprisonment to 12 others.
May 19, 2005: Orissa High Court sets aside death sentence to Dara Singh and commutes it to life imprisonment in an 106-page judgment. It, however, retains life imprisonment awarded to Mahendra Hembram, another accused, while acquitting all others.
Jan 21, 2011: The Supreme Court upholds life imprisonment for Dara Singh and his accomplice Mahender Hambram.
- Apex court upholds life for Graham Staines' killer (Lead) - Jan 21, 2011
- Apex court upholds life for Graham Staines' killers (Second Lead) - Jan 21, 2011
- Apex court upholds life term for Graham Staines' killers (Third Lead) - Jan 21, 2011
- Welcome apex court decision on Dara Singh: Archbishop - Jan 21, 2011
- Apex court modifies Graham Staines murder verdict (Lead) - Jan 25, 2011
- Apex court reserves ruling on sentence of Staines' killer - Dec 16, 2010
- Staines murder case: Supreme Court upholds life sentence for Dara Singh - Jan 21, 2011
- Missionary's killer Dara Singh moves apex court for review (Lead) - Mar 10, 2011
- Staines killing worse than carnage, apex court told - Nov 11, 2010
- Staines murder case: Dara Singh seeks review of SC judgement - Mar 09, 2011
- Missionary's killer seeks review of apex court verdict - Mar 09, 2011
- Graham Staines killing: Convict's bail plea hearing adjourned - Oct 20, 2010
- Supreme Court modifies words in Graham Staines murder verdict - Jan 25, 2011
- Supreme Court modifies Graham Staines murder verdict - Jan 25, 2011
- Christians welcome modification of Staines murder verdict - Jan 25, 2011
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