R.G. Kar rape and murder: quantum of sentence for convict tomorrow
The Hindu
Kolkata court to announce sentence for rape and murder convict; parents demand proper investigation, doctors unions seek justice.
A sessions court in Kolkata will pronounce on Monday (January 20, 2025) the quantum of sentence for the convict in the rape and murder of a doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The Additional District and Session Court, Sealdah on Saturday (January 18, 2025) had pronounced Sanjay Roy, a former civic police volunteer, guilty of rape and murder of a post graduate trainee doctor. Judge Anirban Das had convicted Roy under Sections 64, 66 and 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and stated that the minimum punishment in the crime will be life imprisonment and maximum will be death sentence.
Meanwhile, the parents of the deceased doctor on Sunday alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) did not investigate the case properly. Speaking to media persons, the parents claimed that if the CBI had properly investigated the case, then several others would have been arrested and convicted. They claimed that the CBI officials had stopped communicating with them and the investigating officer was not present in the court on Saturday when the conviction was pronounced.
Expressing hope that the irregularities in the investigation will be brought to the fore when the term of sentence will be announced, the parents said they will continue to appeal before the Calcutta High Court and Supreme Court so that the others behind the crime may be punished.
“Actions of the medical college HoD, MSVP, principal had created some confusion in my mind,” the judge said on Saturday while pronouncing the accused guilty.
Hang him if guilty: convict’s mother
Meanwhile, the mother of the former civic police volunteer who has been convicted of the gruesome crime said she has no problem if the court hangs him for the crime.
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