NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file an application before the Calcutta High Court within two days, seeking death penalty for convict Sanjay Roy, ANI reported on Wednesday, citing CBI sources.
This comes a day after the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government also moved the high court for capital punishment for Roy, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court in Kolkata for the rape and murder of a doctor. in it RG Kar case. Advocate General Kishore Dutta approached the division bench dealing with the matter and the court allowed the submission.
“I have been seeking capital punishment for the accused in the death incident of RG Kar. If someone is so demonic and barbaric, how can society remain human? We have passed the Aparajita Bill, but the Center has not passed it,” Banerjee said at a public meeting in Malda.
The sessions court refrained from imposing the death penalty, stating that the case did not meet the “rarest of the rare” criteria. The verdict sparked strong reactions, with Banerjee posting on I am convinced that it is indeed a very rare case that calls for capital punishment… We will plead for capital punishment for the convict before the high court now.”
The victim’s mother also expressed dismay at the verdict, saying: “We are shocked. How is this not the rarest of rare cases? A doctor on duty was raped and murdered. We are dismayed. “There was a larger conspiracy behind this crime.”
During the court proceedings, the CBI lawyer argued that the crime was “the rarest of rare” and justified the death penalty to restore public confidence in the justice system. However, the defense maintained that the prosecution had not proven the irredeemable character of the convicted person.
In the end, the sessions court sentenced Roy to life imprisonment and ordered a compensation of Rs 17 lakh to the family of the deceased doctor. Despite public pressure, the court ruled against capital punishment, citing insufficient grounds under the “rarest of the rare” doctrine.