Kumar Bahukhandi
Sealdah Court has appointed Kavita Sarkar to defend Sanjay Roy, accused of rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital and Medical College. 52-year-old Kavita is fighting the most challenging case in her 25-year career. No other lawyer was ready to fight this case before this.
Who is Kavita Sarkar
Kavita Sarkar is a law graduate from Hooghly Mohsin College. She started her career from Alipore Court where she used to work on civil cases. In February 2023, she was transferred to criminal law as a SALSA lawyer. After this, she is working in Sealdah Court in June 2023. She is the only standing lawyer of the State Legal Authority in Sealdah Court. That is why this case has been given to her. Today she can seek permission to fight the case in court.
Why did she decide to fight this case?
Kavita Sarkar accepted this case because she believes that justice should be given only after hearing in the court, no decision should be given in advance. She says that every person has the right to a fair hearing, even if he is an accused. Kabita Sarkar has sought the support of her senior Sourav Banerjee during this case. Kabita Sarkar is against the death penalty and believes that life imprisonment should be the biggest punishment. She believes that criminals should be given a chance to repent for their actions.
Support for fair trial
Kavita Sarkar has said that she believes in the decision given after the legal process and not in pre-trial judgment. Apart from this, she has also emphasized on the right of every person including the accused to a fair trial. She has requested to keep her senior Sourav Banerjee with her during the case. She has said that it is my job to represent the accused who do not get lawyers in criminal cases.
Kolkata RG Kar Hospital case
On August 9, a 31-year-old PG graduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College. This has caused outrage in the whole country. The attacker Sanjay Roy, who was an employee of the hospital, carried out the incident after seeing the victim alone in the seminar hall. The CBI investigation is going on in which many horrifying details have come to light after examining the dead body. It has also been revealed that the accused Sanjay Roy is a person with animal instincts.
The case of rape and murder of a junior lady doctor in West Bengal’s Kolkata is still hot. There is anger across the country towards the accused Sanjay Roy. It seems as if Sanjay has no remorse for his act. When he was psychologically tested, there were no wrinkles on his forehead. He was answering every question shamelessly. The matter is currently in court. Everyone wants to know which lawyer will represent this brute in court? Today we will answer this for you.
Hardly any lawyer would want to fight the case of Sanjay’s incident with the lady doctor. In this case also it is visible. But in every case a lawyer is definitely given to represent the side of the accused. So even in the lady doctor case, the government has made provision for a woman lawyer to represent the accused Sanjay Roy. His name is Kabita Sarkar.
For 52-year-old Kabita Sarkar, the case is the toughest in her 25-year legal career. He will fight the case of Sanjay Koy, the culprit of Doctor Putri, in the Sealdah court. When no lawyer agreed to fight his case, the case was handed over to Kavita Sarkar, as she is the only standing lawyer of the State Legal Authority in Sealdah. Today he will file papers in court and seek permission to fight the case.
What did Kavita Sarkar say on this case?
Kabita Sarkar, like others, says she wants justice for the victim doctor’s daughter, according to an interview with The Times of India. But for them, justice is after the court hearing, and not before. He says that everyone in this country has the right to a fair trial, regardless of the accused. Regarding the ongoing women’s movement and protests across the country, Kabita Sarkar said that I am doing my job. My job is to represent accused persons who do not have access to lawyers in criminal cases.
Lawyer Sahiba said – this is not the only case. I have done this before. I have paid the bail bonds from my salary. If the court asks me to represent the accused, I will do the same. I will appeal to the court to allow my senior counsel Saurabh Banerjee to accompany me when I present Sanjay Roy’s case.
‘I do not support demand for death penalty’
When the Kabita government was asked about the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, it said that it does not personally support the demand for death penalty. Life imprisonment is the highest punishment for them. He has visited prisons and the Presidency Women’s Reformatory. He said that any person should be given an opportunity to look inside his life i.e. introspect and be found guilty of the crime. He said that one should always remember that the law says that anyone is innocent until proven guilty.
