Sanjay Roy has been convicted of rape and murder of an RG Kar postgraduate trainee doctor by the Sealdah CBI court in Kolkata.

During the proceedings, the CBI lawyer described the crime as heinous and urged the court to impose the death penalty to uphold public trust in the justice system.

Sanjay Roy received a life sentence for the rape and murder of a junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College in 2024. Despite public outcry and protests demanding a death penalty, the court sentenced him to life imprisonment.

The Sealdah court's decision to impose life imprisonment for Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape-murder case has sparked outrage among leaders and doctors, with demands for a death penalty. West Bengal's CM and medical community express dissatisfaction,

Found guilty of sexually assaulting the doctor and throttling her to death, Roy was convicted on Saturday by the judge under Sections 64, 66 and 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Scathing in his criticism of the initial investigation of the Kolkata Police in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case, trial court judge Anirban Das questioned why the FIR was registered after 11.30 pm when the incident was reported on the morning of the fateful day in August last year.

Judge Anirban Das criticises Kolkata Police and RG Kar hospital for mishandling the rape-murder case, highlighting serious investigative flaws.

In response to the Sealdah Court’s life imprisonment verdict for Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape-murder case, junior doctors in Kolkata staged a protest outside the court. They expressed dissatisfaction with the sentence,

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.