RG Kar Rape-Murder Case Live Updates: Death Penalty Or Life In Jail For Sanjay Roy? Court To Pronounce Shortly
Sanjay Roy, convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has been brought to a court in the city for the pronouncement of the sentence. Anirban Das, the Additional district and sessions judge of the Sealdah court, had on Saturday declared the 33-year-old guilty of rape and murder of the trainee doctor on August 9 last year.
Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was found guilty of sexually assaulting the doctor and strangling her under Sections 64, 66 and 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Section 66 (punishment for causing death or resulting in a persistent vegetative state of the victim) provides for punishment of not less than 20 years that may extend to imprisonment for life, which would mean imprisonment for the remainder of that person's natural life, or with death. Section 103(1) (murder) of BNS provides for the death penalty or imprisonment for life. Section 64 (rape) of the BNS ensures a jail term of not less than 10 years and can go up to life term.
Ahead of the sentencing, the parents of the victim doctor said they trusted the judiciary to deliver justice.
“We have faith in the judge,” the victim’s father said.
About 500 policemen have been deployed to the Sealdah court ahead of Sanjay Roy's pronouncement of the punishment.
The rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital led to nationwide outrage and prolonged protests by junior doctors.
The charges under which Sanjay Roy has been convicted entail a minimum sentence of life imprisonment, while the maximum can be capital punishment, also known as the death penalty.
The 31-year-old doctor was on duty on August 8 night and was found dead the next morning. Her semi-naked body was found on the third floor of the seminar hall of the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The incident sent shockwaves across the country and triggered nationwide protests.
The victim was referred to as 'Abhaya' (the fearless), on the lines of the 2012 Delhi rape case trial, in which the victim was named 'Nirbhaya'.
A court in Kolkata found Sanjay Roy, a 33-year-old former civic police volunteer, guilty in the gruesome rape and murder case on Saturday.
A local court in Kolkata will shortly pronounce the quantum of punishment of Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at the city's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
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