The rape and murder shocked the nation, igniting protests from junior doctors in West Bengal and demands for justice and improved safety measures in government hospitals.

Judge Anirban Das said crime did not fall under “rarest of the rare” category as justification for not giving death penalty to Sanjay Roy.

The horrific crime that sparked nationwide outrage and protests over workplace safety for medical professionals has reached a conclusion, with the main accused now officially found guilty.

Kolkata court sentences Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment for raping and murdering a doctor at RG Kar Medical College.

A verdict is expected today in the case of a 31-year-old trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College, with nationwide protests and significant legal and political repercussions.

Kolkata’s Sealdah court pronounced the verdict around 3pm and said the quantum of punishment will be announced on Monday

An Indian court awarded the life sentence on Monday to a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital where she worked in the eastern city of Kolkata. The woman's body was found in a classroom at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug.

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.

Roy was declared guilty by the court on Saturday under Sections 66 (rape), 64 (causing injury resulting in death) and 103 (1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

A Kolkata court will pronounce the quantum of punishment of Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.