KOLKATA: A trial court is set to deliver the sentence RG Kar Faculty of Medicine and Hospital verdict of rape and murder on January 18, more than five months after a 31-year-old young doctor was raped and brutally murdered at the institute run by the state government, sparking a wave of protests in Kolkata, the repercussions of which are felt all over the world. country.
CBI, which is investigating the matter, demanded death by Sanjay Roythe main accused, in his closing arguments on Thursday at the Sealdah sessions court, citing multiple reports – biological samples, analysis of CCTV footage, testimonies of 50 witnesses – which he said proved he was the sole perpetrator of the ” monstrous crime.” . Lawyers for the central agency also said that rape and murder was a “very rare among rare” crime, worthy of capital punishment.
Roy has been implicated under sections 103(1), 64 and 66 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which relate to murder, rape and for causing death or rendering the victim in a persistent vegetative state. If convicted, Roy will be sentenced to death or face life behind bars.
Defense lawyer Sourav Bandyopadhyay, head of Legal Aid Defense Council Service, South 24 Parganas, said in his closing submission that his client was innocent and was being framed by evidence planted against him.