RG Kar Case: Sanjay Roy sentenced to Life imprisonment by Kolkata Court

Kolkata: A Sealdah Court on Monday sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment after convicting him for the rape-murder of a female PG trainee doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the accused.

According to the PTI report, the court also directed the state to pay a compensation of Rs 17 lakh to the doctor's family.

Roy had earlier claimed in court that he was innocent and had been wrongly held guilty.

Roy was on Saturday held guilty of sexually assaulting the doctor and throttling her to death in August last year.

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"I am being framed, and have not committed any crime. I have not done anything and still, I have been held guilty," Roy told the court ahead of sentencing in the case.

Medical Dialogues recently reported that nearly five months after the brutal incident in which a second-year postgraduate trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Sealdah Court in West Bengal held the main accused, Sanjoy Roy guilty of rape and murder charges. Roy, who maintained his innocence during the court hearing, could now face the maximum possible sentence of the death penalty or the minimum, which is life imprisonment. The court will pronounce Sanjay Roy's sentence on January 20.  

He was convicted by Judge Anirban Das of the Additional District and Sessions Court under Sections 64, 66, and 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on Saturday.

During the proceedings, the CBI lawyer pleaded for the highest penalty for the convict, news agency PTI reported.

"We pray for the highest penalty to maintain people's faith in society," the agency's counsel told the court.

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