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Last Updated:January 20, 2025, 19:50 IST
RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: The Kolkata court which sentenced Sanjay Roy to life imprisionment said that the modern justice system must rise above the instinct of “an eye for an eye.”
RG Kar rape and murder case convict Sanjay Roy sent to life imprisonment | Image/ANI
RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: The Kolkata court which refused to award the death penalty to Sanjay Roy, but sentenced him to life imprisonment, for the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the city’s RG Kar Hospital last year, said that the modern justice system must rise above the instinct of “an eye for an eye.”
The court order came as CBI, the family of the victim and doctors demanded for death penalty for Sanjay Roy, claiming that life imprisonment punishment is not enough and that they would approach the higher court with their demand.
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Sealdah Court judge Anirban Das held that the case doesn’t fall into the “rarest of the rare” category, which could have led to a death sentence for Roy, and sentenced the convict to life imprisonment till death. The court also ordered him to pay Rs 10 lakh to the trainee doctor’s family.
“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 accessed by CNN-News18 read.
The measure of a civilized society lies not in its ability to exact revenge, but in its capacity to reform, rehabilitate and ultimately heal, the court added in its judgement on RG Kar’s rape and murder case.
