Sanjay Roy was held guilty under Sections 66 (rape), 64 (causing injury resulting in death) and 103 (1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The West Bengal government has appealed to the Calcutta High Court's Division Bench against the trial court's life imprisonment verdict convicting Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar case. The next hearing in the case will be held on 27th January.

Victim's parents and West Bengal government expressed disappointment with the life sentence imposed on Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar Medical rape and murder case.

A Kolkata court on Monday sentenced Sanjay Roy, who was convicted for the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old on-duty doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, to life imprisonment and a fine of Rs.

A day after Mamata Banerjee expressed 'shock' over Sealdah Court's verdict in the RG Kar rape and murder case, the West Bengal government moved the Calcutta High Court demanding the death penalty for the convict.

Both CBI and the West Bengal government want the sentence to the RG Kar case convict to be upgraded to death, but the argument is driven by procedural reasons -- as well as political ones

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government had filed a plea challenging the life imprisonment sentence handed to Sanjay Roy, sole accused in RG Kar rape-murder case.

The West Bengal government has appealed to the Calcutta High Court for the death penalty for Sanjoy Roy, convicted in the RG Kar hospital doctor's rape and murder case, after the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment.

The Calcutta High Court today, Tuesday, January 21, granted permission to the West Bengal government to file an appeal against the Sealdah court's order regarding the RG Kar convict's sentencing, reported PTI.

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday has allowed the West Bengal government to file an appeal against the special court order that sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment until death in the RG Kar hospital doctor's rape and murder case,