* July 3, 2009: Ranbir Singh, 22, is killed in a fake encounter.
* July 5, 2009: Dehradun Police registers two FIRs in connection with the killing. Uttarakhand government transfers the case to the CB-CID, after Ranbir Singh's relatives express dissatisfaction into the investigation by the local police.
* July 6, 2009: A separate FIR is lodged on the complaint of Ravinder Pal Singh, father of the deceased.
* Dec 22, 2009: CBI files charge sheet against 18 Uttarakhand policemen.
* March 31, 2010: Uttarakhand government gives sanction to prosecute the accused.
* March 17, 2010: Supreme Court transfers the case from Dehradun to the special judge, CBI, Delhi.
* June 6, 2014: A Delhi court finds seven of them guilty of murder, 10 of them of criminal conspiracy and kidnapping to murder and another one is convicted for destruction of evidence.
* June 9, 2014: Seventeen guilty policemen sentenced to life imprisonment.
* Feb 6, 2018: Delhi High Court confirms life sentence of seven policemen out of the 17, who were originally given life sentence by the trial court.
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