Kolkata Court Convicts Accused Sanjoy Roy In RG Kar Rape-Murder Case

A sessions court in Kolkata has held main accused Sanjoy Roy as guilty in the RG Kar rape-murder case. The sentencing hearing will take place on Monday.At the hearing, accused Roy claimed his innocence and stated that he was not involved in the incident. Court held Roy guilty of rape and murder of the trainee doctor.The court relied on forensic reports which pointed to the involvement of Roy in the incident, placing his DNA at the scene and on the person of the deceased doctor. Sessions judge Anirban Das stated that the maximum possible sentence for Roy would be the death penalty, while the minimum possible sentence would be life imprisonment.BackgroundThe court was deciding the fate of Roy, the principal accused in the gruesome rape-murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and hospital.The incident, which occurred in August 2024, caused great furore across the country, with the High Court transferring the matter to the CBI, which filed its chargesheet before the sessions court. The matter even travelled up to the Supreme Court, which took it up suo moto to frame guidelines for workplace safety of doctors and to monitor the investigation.In the aftermath of the gruesome incident, there were protests across Kolkata, and the whole country, demanding that the perpetrators be brought to justice. The Calcutta High Court in a PIL, transferred the investigation to the CBI, who took over from the West Bengal CID which had arrested the main accused Sanjoy Roy in the rape-murder case.Various cases were filed before the Calcutta High Court, which also handed over the investigation into the alleged malfeasance and corruption by former principal Sandip Ghosh to the CBI.Cases were also filed against the Officer-in-charge of the jurisdictional police station who had registered the case as one of 'unnatural death' pointing to the fact that the victim may have committed suicide, in alleged connivance with the former principal.However, since the CBI was unable to file a chargesheet in a timely manner against the principal and OC, they were granted bail.Thus, the only remaining accused in the case against whom chargesheet had been filed by the CBI, is principal accused Sanjoy Roy.

Kolkata Court Convicts Accused Sanjoy Roy In RG Kar Rape-Murder Case

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