RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday the case of the rape and murder of the as yet unnamed and untrained doctor at the state RG Kar Medical College and Hospitals in Kolkata, last year. They will hear this on the very hands of the state prosecutors, with judge B Kayal sitting next to him with no bench selection.

This followed the increase in public outcries in the state, demanding the government put Roy away behind bars for the rest of his life after the Kolkata court January 20 ruling that sentenced him to imprisonment till he draws his last breath.

The top court will also hear a fresh intervention application seeking further investigation into the matter, which was moved by the parents of the victim accusing the lawyer of being overreaching. This means the court has to hear some fresh evidence.

While the Supreme Court had self chosen to take emergency measures in regard to the incident as far back as 18 August, the rape and murder of a woman doctor at the RG Kar Medical College occurred on August 9, 2024. Since then, the court has held multiple hearings regarding the case as submitted to them by the State.

RG Kar Case ‘Not The Rarest Of The Rare’

While awarding life sentence to the convict January 20 onwards, Sealdah Court judge Anirban Das opined that the case does not attract the "rarest of rare" where Sanjay Roy could have faced the death penalty.

“I am of the opinion that this does not fall under the rarest of the rare. That is why I am granting you imprisonment till your death," the judge said when he was pronouncing the sentence on Roy.

In a court order, Cnn news18 checked, the judge said that modern justice system should also respect the basic principle of ‘not an eye for an eye’. His comments were made when the deceased’s family members, CBI, and other doctors were asking for the Roy to be subjected to the capital punishment.

“Abolitionists argue that the solution to savage killing is more humane punishment. In the realm of modern justice, we must rise above the primitive instinct of an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth or nail for a nail or a life for a life,” the court order read.

As to why the judge chose not to impose the death penalty, Das explained that the primary responsibility of the judiciary is to ensure that the law is maintained and justice is dished out with regard to the evidence available, and not what the mob wants.

On Saturday, Roy was convicted for the heinous crime of rape and murder. Justice Das has already told Roy that the most minimum sentence he can serve is life imprisonment, whereas the most severe punishment could be death penalty.

The postgraduate trained body was discovered in a seminar hall at the hospital at the dawn around 9 August 2024. She was murdered after having been raped.

Royal Sanjay, civic volunteer, was apprehended the next day in relation to the offense. Then CBI came into the picture and a charge sheet was submitted which led to the conviction of Roy.