RG Kar case: Sanjay Roy leaves his cell for the first time since his conviction and asks for two things

Last update:January 22, 2025, 1:53 pm EST

Sanjay Roy was allowed to leave his locked cell for a few hours for the first time on Tuesday after his status as a trial inmate was changed to a convict sentenced to life imprisonment

Sanjoy Roy was left alone in Cell 6 and is under surveillance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

After being convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of hospital doctor RG Kar, the convict Sanjay Roy was sent to the Presidential Jail in Kolkata, where he presented his first demand – a notebook and a pen.

According to a report published in News18 Hindi, the jail authorities don’t know what he wants to write, but granting this facility to Sanjay Roy is within the scope of the measures that the jail administration can grant him.

According to prison officials, prisoners sentenced to life in prison have more time during the day to spend outside their cells, while inmates on trial have less time to do so. However, Sanjay Roy may spend less time out of his cell compared to other inmates serving life sentences, given the security risks.

As his status changed from a trial inmate to a lifer, Roy was allowed to leave his locked cell for a few hours on Tuesday for the first time. Roy has been held in the Presidential Jail since August 23, 2024. Since then, he has always been held in a cell except for court hearings, both virtual and physical.

According to sources, Sanjay Roy was allowed to leave his cell for a few hours but was not allowed to leave the block. Roy is under close surveillance and all his movements are monitored. According to sources, every time Roy speaks, he insists that he is innocent. He also reportedly told officials that he had to leave school after his father’s death so he could help his younger sister complete her education.

The West Bengal government approached the Calcutta High Court seeking death penalty for Roy, challenging the trial court’s order that sentenced him to life imprisonment till death.

A Sealdah court sentenced Roy to life imprisonment until death after he was convicted of raping and murdering a doctor on duty at the RG Kar government medical college and hospital, rejecting demands for the death penalty, saying it was not the “rarest of cases”. a rare” crime.

Does Sanjoy Roy have a cellmate?

Sanjoy Roy was left alone in cell number 6 and is under 24-hour surveillance. With cases against Roy pending in both the High Court and the Supreme Court, prison authorities are reluctant to take any risk to secure him.

What will Sanjoy Roy do in prison?

Lifers are usually assigned daily work in accordance with the prison code, but in Roy’s case, he will not be allowed to leave prison like other lifers because of the security risk. The prison authorities will assign him light work near his cell keeping in mind the above security parameters.

Life prisoners are also usually allowed to leave their cells at certain times during the day and return to their cells before sunset. Daily wages are paid for various jobs. From the moment he arrived at the prison, Roy was assigned cell number 6 in the “Poila Bash” barracks. This block has 22 cells.

The barracks housed several high-profile inmates of the jail, including former ministers Partha Chatterjee and Jyotipriya Malik.