February 7, 2025 2:09 PM

Calcutta HC rejects West Bengal govt’s plea for death penalty for sole convict in R.G. Kar Case

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court rejected the West Bengal government's plea for the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, the sole convict in the R.G. Kar rape and murder case, on Friday morning. However, a similar petition by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), also seeking the death penalty for Roy, has been accepted by the Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Shabbar Rashidi. The Division Bench also observed that, as the investigating agency in the rape and murder ...