Chronology: Mattoo murder case

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday convicted Santosh K Singh, accused of raping and killing law student Priyadarshini Mattoo in 1996.

Twenty three-year-old Priyadarshini was brutally raped and murdered at her Vasant Kunj residence.

Santosh, son of senior IPS officer J P Singh, had been allegedly stalking the girl for over a year.

The Central Bureau of Investigation, which challenged the 1999 trail court judgment acquitting the prime accused Santosh Kumar Singh, has asked for death penalty.

The Bench said it was considering giving Santosh either death or life sentence and fixed October 30 for hearing arguments on the point of sentence.