The trail court had sought death penalty for Sanjay Roy but was turned down by the trail court, where Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das said that the crime did not fall under the ‘rarest of the rare’ category.

The convict in the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case, Sanjay Roy, is likely to work as a gardener initially in Presidency Correctional Home where he is lodged, an official said on Wednesday.Roy, a former civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police,

The CBI is likely to file the appeal against the Sealdah court order by Friday with detailed arguments in favour of capital punishment, they said.

Judge Anirban Das sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a resident doctor. Key allegations such as gang rape, another w

The Calcutta High Court will take up the matter next on January 27 before deciding whether the West Bengal government’s appeal can be filed for hearing

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will seek the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case. According to sources, the application may be filed in the Calcutta High Court within the next two days.

CBI has appealed to the Calcutta high court for a death penalty for Sanjay Roy, convicted of raping and murdering a resident doctor. The court will hear the case on January 27. The debate also involves the maintainability of a similar plea by the Bengal government,

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file an appeal before the Calcutta High Court (HC), seeking death sentence for Sanjoy Roy, who was sentenced to "life imprisonment until death" by a Sealdah court in the Kolkata rape-murder case,

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

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.