Following is the chronology of events in the 1992 murder case of Delhi-based businessman Lalit Suneja, in which underworld don, Babloo Srivastava and a Mumbai-based trader, Nitin Shah was on Thursday acquitted by the Delhi High Court:
- August 2, 1992: Lalit Suneja, who was having some financial disputes with one of the accused Shah, is shot dead allegedly at the behest of Srivastava in east Delhi.
- August 4, 1992: Police arrest two co-accused namely -- Manish Dixit and Manjeet Singh -- in connection with the case who later confessed their complicity in the offence and named Srivastava as key conspirator.
- April, 1995: The CBI gets the red corner notice issued against Srivastava who, after fleeing from the country, was wanted in four cases, including the Suneja murder case.
- April 21, 1995: Following the red corner notice, Srivastava is nabbed by the Interpol in Singapore and extradited to India.
- September 1, 1995: The probe agency brings Srivastava to India to face the trial.
- December 20, 1995: Police file chargesheet against five persons -- Srivastava, Manjeet Singh, Virendra Pant, Nitin Shah and Manish Dixit -- under section 302 (murder), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC.
- July 3, 2006: Additional Sessions Judge Rajinder Kumar convicts Srivastava and Shah for conspiring to kill Suneja. However, the court acquits accused Manjeet Singh.
- July 10, 2006: Srivastava and Shah file appeal in the Delhi High Court against their conviction.
- January 23, 2007: HC begins hearing in the appeal.
- January 31, 2007: HC reserves its verdict in the case.
- February 22, 2007: HC acquits Srivastava and Shah, overturning the trial court judgment.