A verdict is expected today in the case of a 31-year-old trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College, with nationwide protests and significant legal and political repercussions.

Sanjay Roy denied the charges, claiming he was framed, but Judge Das ruled circumstantial evidence proved his guilt.

Kolkata: Judge Anirban Das of Sealdah session court on Saturday had pronounced RG rape and murder prime accused Sanjoy Roy as ‘guilty’ of the incident. Roy’s punishment will be announced on Monday. While pleading innocence, Roy in the court said that he is being ‘framed’.

A court in India has convicted a man of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor - a crime that sparked nationwide outrage. Sanjay Roy, a hospital volunteer worker, was found guilty over the attack, which happened in August last year at a hospital in Kolkata city in West Bengal state.

The Kolkata Police, which was investigating the case initially arrested Roy on August 10, a day after the medic's body was recovered from the seminar room of the hospital. The Calcutta High Court later transferred the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Sanjay Roy, who was a civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was accused of the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Roy was arrested by the Kolkata Police on August 10,