21 Aug grenade attack: Hearing complete, HC expected to deliver verdict on death references, appeals soon

The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain kept the loss of life references and the appeals within the conditions as curia advisari vult, after finishing the listening to on the matters in the present day (21 November)

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21 November, 2024, 09:forty five pm

Closing modified: 21 November, 2024, 09:49 pm

The High Court docket has performed listening to the arguments of each facet on the loss of life references and appeals of the August 21 grenade assault conditions and is anticipated to ship its verdict any day now.

The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain kept the loss of life references and the appeals within the conditions as curia advisari vult, after finishing the listening to on the matters in the present day (21 November), in retaining with courtroom sources.

Hearing on the matters began 31 October with Deputy Attorney Total Md Jasim Sarker representing the assert and advocates SM Shahjahan and Shishir Munir representing the accused.

Earlier on 10 October 2018, a Dhaka courtroom sentenced 19 of us, in conjunction with former dwelling affairs assert minister Lutfozzaman Babar and BNP chief Abdus Salam Pintu, to loss of life within the 2 conditions filed in connection with the grenade attacks.

Besides 19 others, in conjunction with BNP Performing Chairman Tarique Rahman, had been sentenced to lifestyles imprisonment. One more 11 accused had been sentenced to assorted terms of imprisonment.

Later that 300 and sixty five days, on 27 November, the judgment, in conjunction with all wanted documents, of the trial courtroom in reached the loss of life reference hover of the High Court docket. The imprisoned accused appealed against the verdicts of the courtroom.

In 2022, a High Court docket bench led by Justice Sahidul Karim began listening to the appeals and the loss of life references. In between the hearings, the bench used to be reconstituted, and the original bench restarted the listening to.