Both CBI and the West Bengal government want the sentence to the RG Kar case convict to be upgraded to death, but the argument is driven by procedural reasons -- as well as political ones

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

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 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 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

The Calcutta High Court granted permission for the West Bengal government to appeal the life sentence given to Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar hospital doctor's rape and murder case.

West Bengal government appeals for death penalty in doctor's rape and murder case, challenging life sentence decision.

A day after Mamata Banerjee expressed 'shock' over Sealdah Court's verdict in the RG Kar rape and murder case, the West Bengal government moved the Calcutta High Court demanding the death penalty for the convict.

State seeks Calcutta High Court's permission to challenge Sealdah court's life sentence for convict Sanjay Roy in rape and murder case

The West Bengal government has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking a death sentence for Sanjoy Roy, the accused in the RG Kar rape and murder case. This comes after a Sessions court sentenced Roy to life imprisonment, noting that the case didn't meet the "rarest of rare" criteria for capital punishment.