In the RG Kar rape-murder case, convict Sanjoy Roy was sentenced to life imprisonment instead of the death penalty. Judge Anirban Das criticized police and hospital authorities for mishandling the investigation and trying to cover up the crime. Roy’s attack was deemed impulsive, not premeditated. Despite the brutality of the crime, the court emphasized reformative justice, citing that the death penalty should only apply in "rarest of the rare" cases. The judge upheld life imprisonment, focusing on rehabilitation over vengeance.