6:30 pm: According to the judgement, both the accused have flouted the ferocious penal code of the land. It said that Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar have also been found guilty of secreting and obliterating the evidence of the commission of the murders to screen themselves from legal punishment. In addition to this Dr Rajesh Talwar has also been found guilty of furnishing false information to the police regarding the murder of his daughter by Hemraj.
4:45 pm: Member National Commission for Womem (NCW) Nirmala Samant said, "even though it took so much time, the judgment has been delivered and we welcome it. But it's shocking to see the parents being held guilty. It is a question mark on the whole society. Parents are supposed to take care of the child. Now let's see what punishment they get. Five years is a long time but in the end, justice has been done."
4:34 pm: Doubting the theory Aarushi's close friend Fiza Jha said, "I am shocked. How can it be? People say all kinds of things."
4:26 pm: Aarushi's aunt Sree Padarkar expressed her disappointment over the judgement and said that she was disillusioned by India's justice system. "Perception went against the couple. They were just a middle class couple. Their lifestyle went against them. Investigation was based on the public perception. On the contrary there is a definite proof against others. The CBI has botched up the investigation. It was our mistake to approach the CBI. We have no doubt. Not a smallest doubt about the couple," she said while speaking from Canada.
4:03 pm: A member of the Talwar family, Vandana Talwar blamed the media frenzy for the conviction. "Media trial is going on. Someone else has done it. How can you send them to jail? How can you make them convicts? We will fight for the justice," she said while defending the couple.
3:52 pm: Both Rajesh and Nupur Talwar have been taken to the Dasna Jail.
3:51 pm: CBI lawyer RK Saini said, "The CBI never provided clean chit to the Talwars at any stage, investigation is a continuing process."
3:45 pm: Rajesh Talwar has also been convicted for filing a wrong FIR with the Noida police.
3:38 pm: The Talwars have issued a statement saying, "We are deeply hurt and anguished over the crime we have not committed, we refuse to be defeated and will continue to fight for justice."
3:32 pm: Talwars' lawyer Rebecca John has said that they will appeal against the verdict in the Allahabad High Court.
3:25: Rajesh and Nupur Talwar have been pronounced guilty of murdering their daughter Aarushi and Hemraj by the CBI court in Ghaziabad. They both have been taken in custody and the sentencing will be announced on Tuesday.
2:28 pm: The order in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case will now be pronounced after 3 pm. The magistrate has said that they need some more time before they announce the verdict.
2:05 pm: The Talwar family has now entered courtroom as the verdict is expected shortly.
12:39 pm: The lawyer of the Talwars, Manoj Sisodia said he hopes they will be acquitted. "We believe that there is no substantial evidence against the accused. So I am hopeful the court will acquit them," he said.
12:07 pm: The CBI court premises have been sealed for any entry.
11:14 am: The verdict in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case will be pronounced at 2 pm today by the CBI court.
11:11 am: The Talwars have arrives at the CBI court in Ghaziabad for the verdict in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case.
11:00 am: The defence counsels too have arrived at the CBI court for the verdict in the double murder case.
10:39 am: The CBI team has arrived at the CBI court in Ghaziabad where the verdict is expected.
10:05 am: There is heavy security outside the CBI court in Ghaziabad, which is set to announce the verdict in the 2008 Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case. Security has also been tightened out the Talwars' house in Noida's Jalvayu Vihar.
The CBI special court at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh will deliver the judgement in the sensational Aarushi-Hemraj twin murder case on Monday. With this verdict, the mystery behind the five-and-a-half-year old double murder case is likely to come to an end and bury the numerous conspiracy theories rumoured to be behind the grisly crime. Ghaziabad CBI special court judge Shyam Lal will read out the verdict in the presence of accused and the investigating agency.
The CBI has charged Aarushi's dentist parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar with the murder of their teenage daughter and domestic help Hemraj in May 2008. In their defence the parents have accused the CBI of framing them in the case.
The case which has all the twists and turns of a crime novel or a cinema is one of the most widely covered real life crime incidents in India.
The sensational killings of Aarushi and Hemraj were not just a murder mystery; it was a case which saw a protracted legal battle between the accused and the prosecution. From the trial courts right up to the Supreme Court several orders were challenged, procedure questioned with the apex court finally warning defence counsels not to indulge in frivolous litigation.
As Aarushi-Hemraj murder accused Dr Rajesh Talwar walked out of the Dasna Jail on July 13, 2008 after the CBI failed to file a charge sheet against him, he would have little inkling of what was to follow. Two years later in 2010, the CBI filed a closure report in the court saying they cannot establish who killed Aarushi and Hemraj only for the court to turn it into a charge sheet and order a trial. It was the beginning of a complicated legal battle.
Dr Rajesh Talwar, on December 29, 2010 said, "I have not got justice for my daughter despite doing everything."
First the closure report itself was challenged on the grounds that scientific evidence against compounder Krishna and his friends Rajkumar and Vijay Mondal was ignored and that attempts be made to recover more DNA samples from the crime scene.
Rajesh Talwar said, "The first team of CBI has done some work and something, I want to know why that was not taken into account." On February 9, 2011, the court rejected their demand and instead ordered a trial against Rajesh and Nupur Talwar - the husband and wife were now accused of murdering their own daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
Nupur Talwar had said, "A fair scientific investigation is what we want."
The Talwars then first petitioned the Allahabad High Court for a stay on proceedings which were rejected. They went to the Supreme Court which rejected them as well. The defence then moved the court to get the trial shifted out of Ghaziabad - this plea too was rejected. Repeated summons were issued against the Talwars but they failed to appear in the court. Finally the Ghaziabad court issued warrants against them.
While Rajesh was granted bail there was a non-bailable warrant against Nupur. She went underground and the CBI started hunting for her at various locations in Delhi and NCR. Her lawyers once again rushed to the Supreme Court seeking protection from arrest. The court asked the CBI not to arrest her till her appeal was disposed off.
On April 27, 2011, the Supreme Court rejected her appeal and asked her to surrender before the trial court. On April 30, 2011, Nupur was arrested and sent to Dasna jail.
Another petition was filed in the Supreme Court asking for a review of its earlier order and quashing proceedings in the trial court. This too was rejected with a stinging observation by the apex court. "I have noticed that every single order passed by the magistrate, having any repercussion, is being assailed right up to this court. Of course, the right to avail a remedy under law is the right of every citizen. But such a right cannot extend to misuse of jurisdiction."
By now the Talwars had no choice but to face trial which formally started in February 2011. Two years and nine months later it's now judgment day on November 25.####
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