Aarushi Talwar: A chronology of the infamous double murder case

Allahabad High Court today will give out its verdict on the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case after Aarushi's parents Rajesh and Nupur filed a plea to challenge CBI court decision. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were awarded life sentence by a special CBI court in 2013.

Aarushi was found dead in her room with a slit in her throat at her Noida residence. The next day, Hemraj, their domestic help, was also found dead on the terrace. Hemraj was a prime suspect in the case.

The Aarushi-Hemraj murder case was nothing but a strategically planned move and was getting entangled day by day.

From lie-detector tests to inside jobs, the murder case proved to be one of the most shocking cases of all time.

Here's a chronology of the infamous Aarushi-Hemraj murder case:

May 16, 2008: Aarushi Talwar found murdered in her bedroom. Domestic help Hemraj, who was missing, suspected as the killer.

May 17: Hemraj's body found on the terrace of Talwars' residential building.

May 18: Police suspect "insider job" as the murders were done "with surgical precision".

May 19: Talwar's former domestic help Vishnu Sharma named suspect.

May 21: Delhi Police joins murder probe.

May 22: Family comes under suspicion, as police probe honour killing angle. The police quiz Aarushi's close friend.

May 23: Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar arrested as a key accused.

June 1: CBI takes over the probe in the case.

June 13: Talwar's domestic help Krishna arrested by CBI.

June 20: Lie detection test of Rajesh Talwar conducted at Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Delhi.

June 25: Second lie detection test conducted on Nupur Talwar. Her first lie detection test was found inconclusive.

June 26: CBI declares it a "blind case". Rajesh Talwar denied bail by a special Ghaziabad magistrate.

July 3: Supreme Court rejects a PIL challenging the administration of narco-analysis test on the accused in the case.

July 12: Rajesh Talwar freed on bail from Ghaziabad jail.

January 5, 2010: CBI moves court to conduct narco test on Talwar couple.

December 29: CBI submits closure report. Gives clean chit to servants, but points fingers at parents.

January 25, 2011: Utsav Sharma, the alleged attacker of Ruchika Girhotra molester, former Haryana DGP S.P.S. Rathore, attacks Rajesh Talwar with a cleaver on Ghaziabad court premises.

February 9: Court takes cognisance of CBI report and asks it to continue with prosecution charging Aarushi's parents with murder and destruction of evidence.

February 21: Talwars approach Allahabad High Court for quashing trial court summons.

March 18:  Allahabad HC dismisses the plea.

March 19: The couple approaches the Supreme Court.

January 09, 2012: SC says the bail granted to Rajesh Talwar by the lower court would continue and that he should appear before the Ghaziabad Magistrate on February 4 to face trial along with his wife, Nupur Talwar.

November, 2013: Rajesh and Nupur, Aarushi's parents, were convicted for the double murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by a special CBI court in Ghaziabad.

September 7, 2017: Allahabad HC bench comprising Justices BK Narayana and AK Mishra reserved judgment against parents' plea and fixed October 12 as the date of verdict.

October 12, 2017: Allahabad HC to deliver its verdict againt Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case.