RG Kar rape-murder case: HC nixes W.B. govt’s appeal against life term sentence to convict, admits CBI plea

Calcutta High Court admits CBI appeal challenging life term for RG Kar hospital rape-murder convict Sanjay Roy.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday (February 7, 2025) rejected the West Bengal government’s appeal challenging the trial court’s life term till death sentence awarded to RG Kar hospital rape-murder case convict Sanjay Roy, while admitting the same plea of the CBI.

Both the CBI and the State government filed appeals before the High Court seeking capital punishment for Roy, the sole convict in the case.

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The division bench comprising Justices Debangsu Basak and Md Sabbar Rashidi said that since the CBI conducted the investigation and was the prosecution agency, its appeal challenging the quantum of sentence is being admitted for hearing.

The State government had argued before the High Court that apart from the central agency, it too can move an appeal claiming inadequacy of sentence given by the trial court.

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The division Bench comprising Justices Debangsu Basak and Md. Sabbar Rashidi said that since the CBI conducted the investigation, its appeal challenging the quantum of sentence is being admitted for hearing.