Bengal govt moves Calcutta HC seeking death sentence for RG Kar rape-murder convict

The West Bengal government moved the Calcutta high court on Tuesday seeking capital punishment for Sanjay Roy, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in Kolkata on Monday in the August 2024 rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at the city’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

“Advocate general Kishore Dutta brought up the matter before the division bench of justice Debangshu Basak and said the state wanted to file an appeal seeking capital punishment. Justice Basak permitted the state to challenge the order the Sealdah court passed on Monday,” a state government lawyer said requesting anonymity.