A Kolkata court docket on Saturday pronounced accused Sanjay Roy “responsible” of rape and homicide of an on-duty physician on the state-run RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital. The Sealdah court docket, the place Roy’s trial was held, will declare his sentence on Monday, Anirban Das, the extra district and periods choose, stated. Roy was discovered responsible beneath Sections 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita that governs rape, and Sections 66 and 103 (1) of the Act, which offers with punishments for demise and homicide. Part 103 (1) of BNS entails a most punishment of demise or life imprisonment.
After the choose pronounced the decision, the daddy of the RG Kar hospital sufferer broke down and stated, “You have given due significance to the religion I reposed in you.”
The judgement was pronounced practically two months after the in-camera trial commenced in November final yr and 162 days after the heinous crime was dedicated on August 9, 2024.
On the time of the decision, Roy claimed in court docket that he was framed. The choose, nevertheless, stated he would have a chance to talk on Monday earlier than the sentence is pronounced. The medic’s mother and father thanked the choose for the responsible verdict and stated the court docket honoured the belief they’d reposed in it.
In the meantime, accused Sanjay maintained that he’s not responsible and stated to the choose, “I’ve been falsely implicated. I’ve not finished this. Those that have finished so are being let go. One IPS concerned.”
Inputs from Onkar