Sanjay Roy, convicted in the RG Kar rape-murder case, claims innocence and alleges being coerced into signing documents in police custody. His lawyer argued against the death penalty, advocating for reformation and referencing residual doubt.

Roy was on January 18 convicted under charges which entailed a minimum sentence of life imprisonment, while the maximum could be capital punishment.

The West Bengal government has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking death penalty for Sanjay Roy, the convict in the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolk

After the Sealdah court order, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had told mediapersons that her government would plead for capital punishment. ‘She can say a lot of things but she only tampered with evidence,

Sanjay Roy has been convicted in the RG Kar rape and murder case of a junior doctor by the Sealdah CBI Court in Kolkata. The court’s decision was based on forensic evidence and DNA matches, leading to a significant punishment for Roy.

KOLKATA: A court in Kolkata will on Monday afternoon pronounce the quantum of punishment of Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted of raping and murdering an on-dut

Judge Anirban Das said crime did not fall under “rarest of the rare” category as justification for not giving death penalty to Sanjay Roy.

The West Bengal government has filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court demanding capital punishment for Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case. The move challenges the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court’s decision to sentence Roy to life imprisonment.

In its verdict, the court reprimanded the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital authorities for covering the murder as a “suicide”.

The Mamata Banerjee government has challenged the trial court's life imprisonment order against the convict in RG Kar rape-murder case, demanding that he be given the death penalty. Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer who worked for the city police,