In the rape and murder case of a physician at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Prime accused Sanjay Roy on Monday insisted on his innocence.
As a session court convened to determine the convict’s sentence, Roy claimed he was being set up and had done nothing illegal.
Roy remarked that he was innocent, and kept on insisting that he had been framed. He said that his rudraksha mala would have shattered, if he would have committed this.
Roy’s lawyer opposed the death penalty before the sentencing, stating that the prosecution must demonstrate Roy’s not worth reformation and should be completely eliminated from society.
He stated that the public prosecutor has to present evidence and give reasons why the person is not worth reformation and should be completely eliminated from society.
“We pray for the highest penalty to maintain people’s faith in society,” the agency’s attorney informed the court.
This occurs as a court in Kolkata is about to determine the extent of the civic volunteer’s sentence following his conviction on Saturday by additional district and sessions judge Anirban Das.
Nationwide demonstrations calling for justice for the victim and a safer working environment for the medical staff were triggered by the rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate medical student, whose body was discovered in a hospital lecture room on August 9.
The next day, Sanjay Roy, a Kolkata Police civic volunteer, was taken into custody in relation to the crime. Roy was found guilty of rape under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as well as homicide and causing death under Sections 66 and 103(1).
Notably, the maximum penalty stipulated by Section 103(1) of the BNS is either life in prison or the death penalty.
The high court turned over the case to the CBI after the incident caused widespread indignation, and the CBI subsequently sent its chargesheet to the session’s court.
In order to set rules for doctors’ workplace safety and monitor the investigation’s advancement, the Supreme Court also took its own notice of the case.
