R.G. Kar case: HC admits CBI’s appeal against trial court’s life term to convict

The Calcutta High Court on Friday, 7 February, admitted an appeal of the CBI challenging the trial court’s life term till death sentence awarded to R.G. Kar hospital rape-murder case convict Sanjay Roy.

A division bench, however, refused to admit the West Bengal government's appeal challenging the quantum of sentence awarded to Roy, the sole convict in the case.

Both the CBI and the state government filed appeals before the high court seeking capital punishment for Roy.

The division bench comprising Justices Debangsu Basak and Md Sabbar Rashidi said that since the CBI conducted the investigation, its appeal challenging the quantum of sentence is being admitted for hearing.

An on-duty medic was raped and murdered inside the seminar room of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here on 9 August 2024.

Meanwhile, after two failed attempts to secure more time for the charge-framing process in the multi-crore financial irregularities case at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, former principal Sandip Ghosh and other accused have now moved a division bench of the Calcutta High Court.

The division bench, comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and justice Subhendu Samanta, has accepted their petition and scheduled the hearing for the second half of Thursday.