UNB, Dhaka :
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday adjourned the hearing till November 3 on the appeal filed by condemned convict Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging the death penalty handed down to him for his war crimes.
A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, passed the order after hearing on the petition that started on Wednesday morning. Earlier in the day, the apex court rejected a time petition filed by the
Jamaat leader. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the state while Khandker Mahbub Hossain and Joynal Abedin Tuhin moved for the defence.
Earlier on October 29 last year, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 condemned Nizami to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide and the murder of intellectuals,
during the Liberation War in 1971.
The tribunal sentenced Nizami, the I971 commander-in-chief of Al Badr, a secret killing squad of Jamaate-e-Islami, the capital punishment each on four counts of charges of war crimes, terming Al Badr a criminal outfit.
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday adjourned the hearing till November 3 on the appeal filed by condemned convict Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging the death penalty handed down to him for his war crimes.
A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, passed the order after hearing on the petition that started on Wednesday morning. Earlier in the day, the apex court rejected a time petition filed by the
Jamaat leader. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the state while Khandker Mahbub Hossain and Joynal Abedin Tuhin moved for the defence.
Earlier on October 29 last year, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 condemned Nizami to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide and the murder of intellectuals,
during the Liberation War in 1971.
The tribunal sentenced Nizami, the I971 commander-in-chief of Al Badr, a secret killing squad of Jamaate-e-Islami, the capital punishment each on four counts of charges of war crimes, terming Al Badr a criminal outfit.
