RG Kar rape-murder case: Sanjay Roy sentenced to life imprisonment till death by Kolkata's Sealdah court

Sanjay Roy, convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, has been sentenced to life term till death by a Sealdah court on Monday, January 20. Along with this, the court has also fined ₹50,000 to the accused. Judge Anirban Das of the additional district and sessions court, Sealdah, directed the state to pay compensation of ₹17 lakh to RG Kar doctor's family in the rape and murder case.

Judge Das said the crime did not fall under the "rarest of the rare" category as justification for not giving the death penalty to the convict.