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RG Kar case: Court sentences Sanjay Roy to life till death

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KOLKATA, Jan 20: A Kolkata court on Monday sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment until death after he was convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, rejecting demands for the death penalty saying it was not a “rarest of the rare” crime.
Additional District and Sessions Judge in Sealdah, Anirban Das, had on Saturday found Roy guilty of committing the crime against the postgraduate trainee doctor on August 9 last year.
The court also ordered Roy to pay a Rs 50,000 fine and directed the state government to pay compensation of Rs 17 lakh to the family of the deceased doctor.
Expressing “dissatisfaction” over the sentencing, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the state government would challenge the verdict in the Calcutta High Court.

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