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After Sanjoy Roy was arrested by Kolkata constabulary a time aft the incident, nary lawyers wanted to correspond him astatine the Sealdah court. (Express record photo)
The Calcutta High Court connected Monday concluded the proceeding successful the RG Kar rape and execution lawsuit regarding whether the exertion of the authorities for superior punishment for convict Sanjay Roy is admissible. The bid has been reserved.
Advocate General Kishore Dutta submitted to the part seat of Justice Debangshu Basak that the authorities has the jurisdiction to entreaty for superior punishment portion citing respective Supreme Court cases.
The victim’s family, done their advocator Shamim Ahmed, submitted successful tribunal that they are not successful favour of superior punishment for Roy.
The different counsel of the victim’s parents, Gargi Goswami, aboriginal told The Indian Express that they are satisified with the punishment to Roy.
“As per the instructions of the victims’ parents, they are satisfied with the quantum of punishment. They person mislaid their daughter, they don’t privation idiosyncratic other to die. They privation the supplementary chargesheet to beryllium filed and different accused to get caught. The parents are not satisfied by definite observations of the proceedings court… that is what we volition rise successful court,” the counsel said.
The victim’s parents who were contiguous successful tribunal told reporters, “We person afloat religion successful the Calcutta High Court. The authorities constabulary and the CBI each person fto america down… who bash we spell to now? Regarding superior punishment, we permission it to our ineligible counsel.”
On whether the authorities has the jurisdiction to entreaty for superior punishment, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju submitted successful court, “It is lone the cardinal authorities unsocial who tin situation the appeal. (The state) volition not beryllium capable to assistance the tribunal successful this matter.”
The ASG said that during the trial, the authorities authorities “had shown nary interest” and that they are “now abruptly showing interest”.
“The full grounds including the Case Diary is with the CBI… the authorities has nary record. On August 13, the CBI was handed the lawsuit connected the bid of the Calcutta High Court. Whatever probe was carried retired by the state, the grounds was submitted to the CBI. The FIR was registered… by the CBI connected the day of the bid itself. The constabulary were directed to manus implicit each the documents and grounds to the CBI… The authorities has had nary accidental since the clip (the case) was transferred to CBI. The authorities did not springiness an exertion for information successful the trial. Suddenly they are showing interest,” the ASG said.
The authorities has provided ineligible aid to convict Sanjoy Roy. Kaushik Gupta of the Calcutta High Court is representing him.
On Friday, the CBI moved the Calcutta High Court demanding the decease punishment for convict Sanjoy Roy successful the rape and execution of a inferior doc astatine the state-run RG Medical College and Hospital. The authorities authorities had besides moved the tribunal demanding for superior punishment.
On January 20, Additional Sessions Judge Anirban Das of Sealdah tribunal had awarded Sanjoy Roy beingness imprisonment “until his past breath”.
Roy, a 35-year-old civic volunteer, was convicted nether Sections 64 (punishment for rape), 66 (punishment for causing decease oregon a persistent vegetative authorities to a woman), and 101 (1) (murder) successful a ruling that came 5 months aft the August 9 incidental sparked outrage and triggered monolithic protests of doctors and citizens successful West Bengal.
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