The victim's father said the accused got life imprisonment because the CBI couldn't provide ‘proper proof' in the case.

Sanjay Roy, convicted in the RG Kar rape-murder case, claims innocence and alleges being coerced into signing documents in police custody. His lawyer argued against the death penalty, advocating for reformation and referencing residual doubt.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed dissatisfaction over the verdict and plans to challenge the Sealdah Court's decision in the Calcutta High Court.

Advocate General Kishore Dutta has filed a plea before Justice Debangshu Basak of the division bench of the high court, seeking the maximum punishment for Sanjay Roy.

An Indian police volunteer was convicted on Saturday of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a hospital in the eastern city Kolkata, in the speedy trial of a crime that sparked national outrage over a lack of safety for women.

Junior doctors held a protest outside the Sealdah Court on Monday demanding stricter punishment for the convict Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape-murder case.Speaking to ANI, a junior doctor asserted that they would approach the higher court with their demand.

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in West Bengal's Kolkata pronounced a life imprisonment sentence today, January 20, for Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted of raping and murdering a 31-year-old duty doctor inside the West Bengal government-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

Sealdah court sentenced R G Kar murder case accused Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment. Sanjay Roy was accused of the rape & murder of on-duty junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College & Hospital in August 2024.