first reaction of victim parents came after the announcement of punishment said we need justice

The family of the RG Kar murder victim on Monday told a Sealdah court judge that they want justice for their daughter, not compensation. The court directed the West Bengal government to pay him compensation of ₹17 lakh. ANI quoted the victim’s family members as saying that we do not want compensation, we want justice. The court has awarded life imprisonment to the main accused, Sanjay Roy, after he was convicted in the case of rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at a government hospital. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das in Sealdah on Saturday convicted Roy for the crime committed against the postgraduate trainee doctor at the hospital on August 9 last year, sparking unprecedented and prolonged protests across the country. Was.

Sealdah court’s Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das on Saturday convicted Roy in the heinous crime committed against a postgraduate trainee doctor at the hospital on August 9 last year. The incident was followed by unprecedented and prolonged protests across the country. Justice Das justified not giving death penalty to the convict by saying that the crime does not fall in the rarest of the rare category. So that the culprit can be given death penalty. Roy was convicted under sections 64 (rape), 66 (punishment for causing death) and 103 (1) (murder) of the Indian Code of Justice (BNS).

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.