Sanjay Roy, convicted of raping and murdering a doctor, awaits sentencing amid tight security at Sealdah court. The case, sparking national outrage, saw Roy charged under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

A sessions court in Kolkata will pronounce today the quantum of sentence for Sanjay Roy. Follow The Hindu’s live updates

Kolkata: A special court in Kolkata will pronounce the sentence for civic volunteer Sanjay Roy, the sole convict in the case of ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Soon after his conviction in the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, civic volunteer Sanjay Roy's mother, Malati Roy, affirmed that she would accept the punishment given to her son by the Sealdah sessions court.

A court in India has convicted a man of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor - a crime that sparked nationwide outrage. Sanjay Roy, a hospital volunteer worker, was found guilty over the attack, which happened in August last year at a hospital in Kolkata city in West Bengal state.

Kolkata: A court in Kolkata found Sanjay Roy guilty on Saturday of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Justice Anirban Das pronounced the verdict, with sentencing scheduled for Monday.

A CBI court has convicted Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer with Kolkata Police, for raping and murdering a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last year. Roy was arrested a day after the brutal incident on August 9 and charged with both rape and murder.

Sanjay Roy, who was a civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was accused of the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Roy was arrested by the Kolkata Police on August 10,