Sentencing Roy to life in prison, a Kolkata court said Monday that the case didn’t meet the criteria to be classified as ‘rarest of rare’, and therefore, did not merit death penalty.

A sessions court in Kolkata will pronounce today the quantum of sentence for Sanjay Roy. Follow The Hindu’s live updates

The CBI is likely to file the appeal against the Sealdah court order by Friday with detailed arguments in favour of capital punishment, they said.

An Indian court has sentenced the man convicted of raping and murdering a female doctor at a Kolkata hospital to life in prison.

Roy was on January 18 convicted under charges which entailed a minimum sentence of life imprisonment, while the maximum could be capital punishment.

Kolkata: A Kolkata court Monday handed life imprisonment to sole accused Sanjay Roy for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last August,

The horrific crime that sparked nationwide outrage and protests over workplace safety for medical professionals has reached a conclusion, with the main accused now officially found guilty.

Kolkata’s Sealdah court pronounced the verdict around 3pm and said the quantum of punishment will be announced on Monday

The CBI will file an appeal before the Calcutta High Court, seeking death sentence for Sanjay Roy, who was sentenced to "life imprisonment until death" by a Sealdah court in

A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment and fined him Rs 50,000 for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor. While the CBI calle

The rape and murder shocked the nation, igniting protests from junior doctors in West Bengal and demands for justice and improved safety measures in government hospitals.