Roy is now allowed to walk and exercise inside his jail cell. He can also leave it as long as he remains in the cell block under the watchful eyes of special guards.

Sentencing Roy to life in prison, a Kolkata court said Monday that the case didn’t meet the criteria to be classified as ‘rarest of rare’, and therefore, did not merit death penalty.

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