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RG Kar case 'not rarest of rare'; life term for convict
Financial Express Kochi
|January 21, 2025
A court in Kolkata's Sealdah on Monday sentenced Sanjoy Roy to life imprisonment "until his last breath" for the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run RG Kar College and Hospital.
Roy, a 35-year-old civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was convicted under Sections 64 (punishment for rape), 66 (punishment for causing death or a persistent vegetative state to a woman), and 101(1) (murder) in a ruling that came five months after the August 9 incident sparked outrage and triggered protests by doctors in West Bengal
This story is from the January 21, 2025 edition of Financial Express Kochi.
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