BREAKING | Kolkata Court Sentences Convict Sanjoy Roy To Life Imprisonment In RG Kar Rape-Murder Case

A sessions court in Kolkata's Sealdah has sentenced prime accused Sanjoy Roy to life imprisonment in the RG Kar rape and murder case, wherein Roy was accused of brutally raping and murdering a trainee doctor after her night shift at the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital.Sessions Judge Anirban Das held that the case did not fall into the "rarest of rare" categories, warranting a death sentence. It was further held that the state government would have to pay the victim's family a compensation of Rs 17 lakhs due to the fate suffered by her.Upon convicting Roy on Saturday, Judge Das informed him that the minimum sentence being faced by him was life imprisonment, while the maximum sentence could be the death penalty. Roy was found guilty under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 64 (rape), 66 (causing injury resulting in death of rape victim), and 103 (1) (murder). Section 103(1) provides for the death penalty or life imprisonment; section 66 provides for imprisonment of not less than 20 years, which may be extended to life; and section 64 lays down imprisonment of not less than 10 years, which may extend to life in prison.At the hearing, Roy claimed his innocence and stated that he was not involved in the incident. Court held Roy guilty of the 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.BackgroundThe 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, was principal accused Sanjoy Roy.Click here to read order Click here to read detailed judgementhttps://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/wbsp070037082024362025-01-20-583041.pdf

BREAKING | Kolkata Court Sentences Convict Sanjoy Roy To Life Imprisonment In RG Kar Rape-Murder Case

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