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Kolkata rape and murder case: There is a growing demand for the death sentence for the Kolkata rape and murder convict, however, the court said that the case does not fall in the 'rarest of the rare' category. There is a split opinion over giving capital punishment in India. Kolkata RG Kar Hospital case:  The high-profile Kolkata doctor rape and murder case concluded after a city court sentenced Sanjay Roy, the accused, to life imprisonment till death on Monday. Roy was convicted of the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Saturday. However, the case is likely to move to the higher courts, depending on the two parties' next move. Roy was held guilty of the crime committed against the postgraduate trainee doctor at the hospital on August 9 last year, which sparked off unprecedented and prolonged nationwide protests led by doctors. 'Not the rarest of the rare' Judge Anirban Das said the crime did not fall under t...