‘Will hear victim’s family and convict’: Calcutta HC questions whether state can challenge RG Kar rape-murder verdict

On Tuesday, the West Bengal authorities moved the Calcutta High Court, challenging the Sealdah court’s condemnation of beingness imprisonment for Roy.

“We privation to perceive the household of the victim. Was the unfortunate represented astatine the trial? Was the accused besides represented successful the proceedings court?” the seat of Justice Basak said.

The CBI had submitted that lone the victim’s family, the investigating agency, oregon the convict tin entreaty to a higher court, portion the authorities argued that the incidental had happened successful a authorities hospital, and that instrumentality and bid is simply a authorities subject.

Meanwhile, Roy’s counsel alleged that the officials did not let them to conscionable him successful the Presidency Correctional Home, and that they were hence incapable to get Roy to motion a Vakalatnama.

The tribunal ordered the authorities to guarantee that Roy’s counsel tin conscionable him. The substance volition adjacent beryllium heard connected Monday, January 27, erstwhile the tribunal tin “hear each sides”.

On Monday, further sessions justice Anirban Das of Sealdah tribunal had awarded Sanjoy Roy beingness imprisonment “until his past breath”.

Roy, a 35-year-old civic volunteer, was convicted connected Saturday 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 successful West Bengal.