‘Being framed, innocent’: Sanjay Roy tells Kolkata court moments before facing punishment

I’m being framed, I have not done anything, still, being held guilty, said Sanjay Roy moments before the Sealdah Court pronounced his punishment in the RG Kar trainee doctor rape and murder case. The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court will pronounce the punishment on Monday afternoon.

The Sealdah court resumed hearing on the punishment for the convict on Monday. Roy told the court, “I have not done anything, still, I have been held guilty. I have not committed any crime.” 

The court found Roy guilty of the crime on Saturday and deferred pronouncement of judgment to Monday. However, considering the gravity of the crime, the bench had said the minimum punishment would be life imprisonment and the maximum punishment would be death penalty. Roy was convicted under sections 64, 66, and 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on Saturday. 

The CBI on Monday argued in court, "We pray for the highest penalty to maintain people's faith in society.” Heavy security was deployed outside the court considering the pronouncement of judgment. The parents of the victim were also present in courtroom for the hearing.

The victim, a second-year postgraduate trainee doctor from the chest medicine department was discovered dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar on August 9 last year. Initially, the Kolkata police led the investigation and arrested Roy, a civic volunteer with Kolkata police, within 24 hours. However, the victim’s parents and junior doctors at RG Kar raised concerns about the police’s handling of the case and Calcutta High Court transferred the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation.