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The Sealdah court sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death after he was convicted of rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at Government RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das in Sealdah on Saturday found Roy guilty of the crime committed against the postgraduate trainee doctor at the hospital on August 9 last year, which had led to unprecedented and prolonged protests across the country. .
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed disappointment over a Kolkata court sentencing Sanjay Roy, convicted in the RG Kar rape and murder case, to life imprisonment till death. In her first reaction to the Sealdah court’s decision, Mamata Banerjee said, I am not satisfied. We all demanded death penalty, but the court gave life imprisonment. Banerjee claimed that the investigation was forcibly taken away from the Kolkata Police, and said that if it had been in her hands, she would have ensured the death penalty. Speaking to reporters in Murshidabad district, Banerjee raised questions on the CBI investigation into the case. Mamta Banerjee said that we all had demanded death penalty, but the court has given life imprisonment till death. The case was forcibly taken away from us. Had it been with the (Kolkata) police, we would have ensured that he was given death penalty. We don’t know how the investigation was conducted. Death penalty was ensured in several similar cases investigated by the state police. I am not satisfied.
The Sealdah court sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment till death after he was convicted of rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at Government RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das in Sealdah on Saturday found Roy guilty of the crime committed against the postgraduate trainee doctor at the hospital on August 9 last year, which had led to unprecedented and prolonged protests across the country. . Judge Das, while not giving death penalty to the convict, said that this crime does not fall in the rarest of rare category.
The judge said that life imprisonment is being awarded under section 64 and a fine of Rs 50,000 is also being imposed. The judge said that in case of non-payment of fine, he will have to undergo additional imprisonment of five months. The court said that under Section 103(1), Roy is sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 and in default of payment of the fine, he will have to undergo further imprisonment for five months. The judge said in the judgment that apart from this, he is also sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 66.
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