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Sealdah Court Rejects Parents’ Plea to Revisit RG Kar Crime Scene, Summons Two Ex-Officials

The trial court refused to allow lawyers access to the sealed site because the CBI probe is still under way.

Police personnel seen as South Calcutta Law College classes resume amid an ongoing investigation into an alleged gang rape incident, in Kolkata.
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Overview

  • The Sealdah Sessions Court on July 9 denied the victim’s parents permission for their lawyers to inspect the crime scene at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, citing lack of statutory authority.
  • Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Arijit Mondal questioned why the CBI did not object to the revisit request and ordered former principal Sandip Ghosh and ex-Tala OC Abhijit Mondal to appear in court.
  • Convict Sanjay Roy has filed a Calcutta High Court appeal seeking acquittal from his life sentence, with a hearing set for July 16 before a division bench.
  • West Bengal junior doctors plan a night-long torch rally in Kolkata on August 8–9 to mark the first anniversary of the trainee doctor’s rape and murder and press for institutional reforms.
  • On June 26, the Calcutta High Court directed the parents’ lawyers to seek relief from the trial court after the CBI raised no objection to a revisit, leaving final approval to the Sealdah bench.