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The Calcutta High Court has rejected the West Bengal government's appeal challenging the life term till death sentence of Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case. The CBI's appeal for capital punishment for Roy was admitted. Both the CBI and the state government filed appeals seeking capital punishment. The court said that since the CBI conducted the investigation, its appeal challenging the sentence is admissible.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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