R.G. Kar rape and murder: Sessions Court awards life imprisonment to convict Sanjay Roy

Kolkata court sentences Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment for rape and murder, with compensation awarded to victim's family.

A sessions court in Kolkata on Monday (January 20, 2025) sentenced Sanjay Roy, the convict in the rape and murder of a doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, to life imprisonment

The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Sealdah Anirban Das said that he does not think it is rarest of rare case and awarded life sentence to the convict Sanjay Roy. 

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“You will be in the prison till the last day of your life,” Judge Anirban Das said while reading order. The Court also directed that the victim’s parents will get a compensation of ₹17 lakh- ₹10 lakh for the death of the victim, and ₹7 lakh for rape. The Court also awarded ₹ 50,00 fine from the convict in the case.

The parents of the doctor told the court that they don’t want any compensation. “We only want justice for our daughter. Nothing else,” the victim’s father says.  “I know this death can’t be compensated. It is the liability of the state because she was an on-duty doctor, and we have to pay this compensation because we are bound by law,” the Judge said.

The Additional District and Sessions Court, Sealdah had on January 18, 2025 declared Sanjay Roy, a former civic police volunteer guilty of rape and murder of the postgraduate trainee at the hospital on August 9 last year.

Calling it rarest of the rare case, the counsel of the CBI sought capital punishment for the convict. The lawyer representing Roy had prayed for any alternative punishment other than death.