Timeline of the 1975 murder case of then railway minister Lalit Narayan Mishra:
June 2, 1975: Mishra goes to Samastipur to inaugurate the Samastipur-Muzaffarpur broad gauge railway line. A bomb explosion on the dais seriously injures him.
June 3, 1975: Mishra dies at the railway hospital in Danapur.
June 9, 1975: Case handed over to Central Bureau of Investigation.
Nov 1, 1975: CBI files chargesheet in the case in a Bihar court.
December 1979: The trial transferred to Delhi by the Supreme Court.
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1981: Charges framed against the accused.
Aug 17, 2012: The Supreme Court directs trial court to conclude the trial by holding daily hearing.
Sep 12, 2012: Final arguments begin.
Sep 12, 2014: Delhi Court reserves its verdict.
Nov 10, 2014: Court defers verdict to Dec 8.
Dec 8, 2014: Court convicts four men.
Dec 18, 2014: Court gives life term to four.
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