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

The CBI will file an appeal before the Calcutta High Court seeking a death sentence for Sanjay Roy, who was sentenced to "life imprisonment until death" by a Sealdah court in the rape and murder case of an on-duty doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, officials said Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Kolkata: 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.

The Sealdah court rejected CBI's plea seeking death penalty for Roy, saying the crime did not fall under the "rarest of the rare" category.

In a major development in the RG Kar rape-murder case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to file an application before the Calcutta High Court seeking the death penalty for convict Sanjay Roy. According to sources within the CBI, the application is expected to be filed within the next two days.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) opposed the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government's plea before the Calcutta High Court against the life imprisonment awarded to civic volunteer Sanjay Roy by a CBI court, the accused in the horrific RG Kar Hospital rape and 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.

The West Bengal government has already approached the high court, challenging the verdict and seeking death penalty for Sanjay Roy.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to seek the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case. Sources suggest that the application will likely be filed in the Calcutta High Court within the next two days. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for January 27.

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.