Kolkata:The Sealdah Court in Kolkata on Saturday found key accused Sanjay Roy guilty in the rape and murder case of a female doctor at RG Kar Medical College Hospital on Saturday governed under sections 64, 66 and 103 (1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, six months after the gruesome incident.
Additional District Sessions Judge Anirban Das pronounced the verdict in a case that saw nationwide protests. The court will pronounce the quantum of the sentence on Monday. Roy was pronounced guilty under Sections 64, 66 and 103 (1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), of which Section 103 (1) of BNS entails a maximum punishment of life imprisonment or life.
The court said the guilty would be given an opportunity to speak before the pronouncement of the sentence on Monday. The medic’s parents said the court upheld the trust they had reposed in it.
Sanjay Roy, who was a civic volunteer with the city police, was charged with committing the crime on the postgraduate trainee at the state-run hospital in north Kolkata on August 9 last year.
The Kolkata Police which was investigating the case initially arrested Roy on August 10, a day after the medic's body was recovered from the seminar room of the hospital. The Calcutta High Court later transferred the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the agency has sought the death penalty for the accused.
The in-camera trial in the rape and murder of the doctor commenced on November 12 and 50 witnesses were examined. Hearing in the trial of Roy was concluded on January 9. The father of the deceased doctor, the CBI investigating officer, the Kolkata Police investigating officer, a forensic expert and a few classmates of the deceased have testified in the case.
Ahead of the Sealdah Court's verdict in the case on Saturday, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh reiterated the party's demand for the death penalty for the accused. "We hope that the person arrested within 24 hours of the incident, whom the CBI also confirmed as guilty, is declared guilty by the court and handed the death penalty. From day one, our Chief Minister has demanded capital punishment for this heinous crime," Ghosh stated.
West Bengal LoP and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said that the society should get a message from the verdict. However, Adhikari claimed that this is not the work of one person and multiple "goons" are involved in this crime adding that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should look carefully into the matter.
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