RG Kar Case: Supreme Court orders CBI to submit fresh report by Sep 17

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the CBI to file a fresh status report by September 17 on the investigation into the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital. This came after the CBI submitted an initial report indicating it had leads in the probe.

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said, "The status report has been filed by CBI, and it appears that the investigation is in progress. We direct the CBI to file a fresh status report... we will take it up on Tuesday... CBI is doing it, we don't want to guide CBI on its investigation."

The court also sought clarification on the timing of the unnatural death report in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital, following the submission of a status report by the CBI.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the West Bengal government, informed the bench that the death certificate was issued at 1:47 p.m., while the police registered the entry of unnatural death at 2:55 p.m. However, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, countered, stating that according to records, the report was filed at 11:30 p.m.

At the outset of the hearing, the CBI submitted its status report on the investigation to the bench. The judges reviewed the status report handed to them in a sealed envelope. Sibal also informed the court that 23 people had died because doctors were on strike, and the state health department submitted a report on the same.

The case was initiated by the Supreme Court on its own, and a three-judge bench comprising the Chief Justice and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is hearing the matter.