Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj Banjade were murdered in Noida in May 2008. Her parents were convicted in 2013 and acquitted by the Allahabad High Court in 2017; the…
Aarushi Talwar, 14, was found dead in her bedroom. The live-in help Hemraj was missing and named as the suspect.
Hemraj's body was found on the building's terrace. He had been killed the same night.
Rajesh Talwar was arrested and a motive aired in public. It was never proved in court.
The new team arrested Krishna, Raj Kumar and Vijay Mandal. All three were freed in September.
Who investigated, and whom they suspected.
The CBI suspected Rajesh Talwar but said it lacked evidence to charge him, and sought closure.
Hammer, knife, khukri, golf club, scalpel.
The closure report was rejected and both parents were summoned for murder.
After the Supreme Court let the trial proceed, she surrendered and was jailed until September.
Both parents were found guilty of murder and given life terms the next day.
The chain of circumstances was incomplete. The doubt went to the accused.
Same evidence, opposite conclusions.
Who was arrested, and what happened next.
The court agreed to hear the CBI's appeal along with Hemraj's widow's petition.
Every court the case has passed through.
No final Supreme Court ruling has been reported. The acquittal stands.
From the murders to the Supreme Court.
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