An Indian court awarded the life sentence on Monday to a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital where she worked in the eastern city of Kolkata.

The BJP criticized the life sentence for Sanjoy Roy in the R G Kar rape-murder case, calling it a travesty of justice. They argue for an appeal and investigation into the role of Kolkata officials, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,

Judge says case did not deserve the death penalty as it was not “the rarest of the rare cases"; victim's family says will continue to fight for justice.

The rape and murder shocked the nation, igniting protests from junior doctors in West Bengal and demands for justice and improved safety measures in government hospitals.

Sanjay Roy was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kolkata court for the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College. Roy claimed innocence,

The Sealdah Court in Kolkata on Monday (20 January) delivered a life imprisonment sentence to Sanjay Roy, the convict in the rape-murder case of a post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

An Indian court has sentenced the man convicted of raping and murdering a female doctor at a Kolkata hospital to life in prison.

The Sealdah Court sentenced Sanjoy Roy, the accused in the Kolkata trainee doctor rape and murder case to life imprisonment. The court was of the view that the incident was not ‘rarest of rare’ case to grant death penalty for the convict.

A Kolkata court will pronounce the quantum of punishment of Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.