RG Kar rape and murder case: ‘We want Sanjay Roy hanged,’ slogans ring loud outside Sealdah court ahead of verdict

Officers of the ranks of Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner, on with inspectors, were contiguous arsenic Roy, successful a three-car convoy, entered the premises. Two constabulary SUVs with achromatic tints connected the windows accompanied the situation van.

Justice Anirban Das volition beryllium delivering the judgement connected CBI’s archetypal chargesheet soon, 162 days aft the on-duty PGT intern was recovered brutally raped and murdered successful the hospital.

Roy has been booked nether Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (rape), Section 66 (punishment for causing decease oregon resulting successful a persistent vegetative state) and 103 (1) (punishment for murder). He was arrested by the Kolkata Police connected August 10, a time aft the assemblage was recovered wrong the seminar country of the RG Kar Hospital. The CBI took complaint of the lawsuit connected August 13, and the charges against the accused were framed connected December 4.

The cardinal bureau had recorded statements of much than 120 witnesses. During the 66-day in-camera trial, the CBI counsel relied heavy connected biologic grounds — DNA samples, viscera and toxicology reports — isolated from a layered dependable investigation (LVA) to found Roy arsenic the perpetrator of the crime. It claimed that saliva swab samples and DNA samples connected the victim’s assemblage had matched with that of Roy. The bureau claimed the unfortunate had enactment up a conflict and 5 blunt unit injuries were recovered connected Roy’s body.