The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file an appeal before the Calcutta High Court, seeking a death sentence for Sanjay Roy, who was sentenced to "life imprisonment until death" by a Sealdah court in the rape-cum-murder case of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital,

Kolkata: The convict in the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case, Sanjay Roy, is likely to work as a gardener initially in Presidency Correctional Home where he is lodged, an official said on Wednesday.

The West Bengal government has already approached the high court, challenging the verdict and seeking death penalty for Sanjay Roy.