Kolkata: The West Bengal government has appealed to the Calcutta High Court's Division Bench against the trial court's life imprisonment verdict convicting Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar case. The next hearing in the case will be held on 27th January.

Sanjay Roy was held guilty under Sections 66 (rape), 64 (causing injury resulting in death) and 103 (1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The Calcutta High Court will take up the matter next on January 27 before deciding whether the West Bengal government’s appeal can be filed for hearing

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday opposed the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal Government's appeal for the death penalty to Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case. The federal probe agency said that the state could not file an appeal in the area as it probed the matter.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Wednesday, challenged the West Bengal government's plea at a division bench of Calcutta High Court seeking the “de

The CBI has challenged West Bengal government's plea seeking death penalty for convict Sanjoy Roy in RG Kar case, citing Supreme Court ruling on appeals in CBI-probed cases

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday opposed the West Bengal government's appeal before the Calcutta High Court against the life imprisonment sentence to Sanjay Roy, who was convicted of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar hospital in Kolkata last year.

The Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court has handed life imprisonment for sole accused Sanjay Roy in the horrific rape-and-murder case.

The West Bengal government has appealed to the Calcutta High Court for the death penalty for Sanjoy Roy, convicted in the RG Kar hospital doctor's rape and murder case, after the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment.