A local court in Kolkata has found Sanjay Roy, a 33-year-old civic police volunteer, guilty in the gruesome rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar hospital. He will be sentenced on Monday, bringing closure to a brutal incident that had shaken the nation.
In a 160-page judgment, the Additional District and Sessions Court in Sealdah convicted Roy under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita that deal with rape, murder, and causing death.
After the judgment, the victim’s father broke down in the court, telling the judge, “You have given due importance to the faith I reposed in you.”
Brought to the crowded courtroom on Saturday afternoon amid tight security, Roy repeated his claim that he was being framed as his lawyers tried to calm him down. When he was being taken out, he claimed a certain “IPS” knew everything.
The court said it will hear him on Monday when it hears the arguments on the punishments he would be given.
The convict’s claim of innocence contradicts his initially confession to the crime. The CBI, which had taken over the probe from Kolkata Police amid concerns of destruction of evidence, too had found him guilty.
RG Kar Case Verdict: Sanjay Roy, Man Accused Of Raping And Murdering Kolkata Doctor, Found Guilty
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