The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an appeal in Calcutta High Court challenging the life sentence imposed on the convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case Sanjoy Roy.The CBI

The decision to challenge the trial court’s sentence of life imprisonment came hours after the central agency opposed a similar plea by the state government.

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday said it would hear the CBI, the victim's family and the convict before deciding on the admission of an appeal filed by the West Bengal government claiming inadequacy of sentence given by a trial court in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case.

The Central Bureau of Investigation plans to seek the death penalty for Sanjay Roy in the Calcutta high court, following the West Bengal government’s

The CBI filed an appeal Wednesday before the Calcutta High Court, seeking death sentence for Sanjay Roy, who was sentenced to “life imprisonment until death” by a Sealdah court in the rape-cum-murder case of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital,

The Sealdah court rejected CBI's plea seeking death penalty for Roy, saying the crime did not fall under the "rarest of the rare" category.

The Calcutta High Court is set to decide on January 27 the maintainability of the plea filed by the State of West Bengal seeking the death penalty for Sanjay Ro

The central agency is likely to file the appeal against the Sealdah court order by Friday with detailed arguments in favour of capital punishment

The West Bengal government has moved the Calcutta High Court seeking the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, convicted of raping and murdering a doctor at RG Kar hospital. The state challenges the Sealdah court's life imprisonment verdict,

Police sought death penalty, arguing it was a 'rarest-of-rare' crime Convict said he was innocent, was framed and sought clemency Judge said he did not consider it an extremely rare crime Ruling BJP official criticises sentence as a 'travesty of justice' Junior doctors protest outside court seeking harsher sentence KOLKATA,

An Indian court on Monday sentenced a police volunteer to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor last year – a crime that sparked nationwide protests. Sanjay Roy, 33, plans to appeal the judgment in a higher court.