The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had demanded the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, calling the crime in the ‘rarest of rare case category.’

The court found the former Kolkata Police civic volunteer guilty last Saturday. Judge Monday informed Roy he can appeal before HC against the sentencing. Roy maintains he is innocent.

A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Although demands for the death penalty were rejected, the ruling triggered protests.

A sessions court in Kolkata will pronounce today the quantum of sentence for Sanjay Roy. Follow The Hindu’s live updates

The Abhaya rape and murder 'not the rarest of rare cases,' the Sealdah Court and sessions Judge Anirban Das delivered a crushing blow to the victim's fight for justice and her family's struggle.

Sanjay Roy was found guilty of raping the 31-year-old trainee doctor and throttling her to death by the judge under Sections 64, 66 and 103(1) of the BNS.

The Sealdah Court in Kolkata on Monday (20 January) delivered a life imprisonment sentence to Sanjay Roy, the convict in the rape-murder case of a post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The rape and murder shocked the nation, igniting protests from junior doctors in West Bengal and demands for justice and improved safety measures in government hospitals.

Sanjay Roy was on Saturday held guilty of sexually assaulting the trainee doctor and throttling her to death in August last year.

An Indian court awarded the life sentence on Monday to a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital where she worked in the eastern city of Kolkata. The woman's body was found in a classroom at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug.