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Kolkata rape-murder case: HC to hear West Bengal Govt's appeal seeking death penalty for Sanjoy Roy on January 27
Updated On: 22 January, 2025 05:00 PM IST | Kolkata | mid-day online correspondent
The state approached the Calcutta HC after the Sealdah Court on Monday sentenced Roy to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting and killing a 31-year-old doctor at RG Kar Hospital
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The West Bengal government has appealed to the Calcutta High Court's (HC) Division Bench against the trial court's life imprisonment verdict handed over to Sanjay Roy in the Kolkata rape-murder case. The next hearing in the case is scheduled on January 27, ANI reported.
As per ANI, Advocate General Kishore Dutta has approached the division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak, seeking the death penalty for Roy. The matter has been allowed to be registered.
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