Updates – “Wanted Death Penalty”: Mamata Banerjee On RG Kar Case Verdict
Sanjay Roy, convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has been sentenced to life in jail. During the pronouncement of the sentence at a local court in Kolkata this afternoon, Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, said he has “not committed” the crime and is “being framed”.
The CBI, which was probing the case, said it comes under the “rarest of rare” category and the maximum punishment, which is the death penalty, should be awarded to Roy to “maintain people’s faith in society”.
Anirban Das, the Additional district and sessions judge of the Sealdah court, however, said the case did not fall under the rarest of rare category and sentenced him to life in jail. The court also fined him Rs 50,000 and directed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government to pay compensation of Rs 17 lakh to the victim’s family.
The semi-naked body of the 31-year-old doctor was found on the third floor of the seminar hall of the state-run hospital on August 9 last year. Roy was arrested the next day.
He was found guilty under Sections 64 (rape), 66 (punishment for causing death), and 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) last Saturday.
