Court Correspondent :
The Supreme Court yesterday (Sunday) adjourned the hearing on two review petitions-one filed on behalf of the state and the other filed by war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayeedi against its verdict in a case that disposed of the war crimes of Sayeedi till Monday.
A five-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order on Sunday. The other judges
are: Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Mia, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique and Justice Mirza Hussain Haider.
Attorney General Mahabubey Alam represented the state while Khandaker Mahbub Hossain stood for convict Sayeedi. Earlier on April 4, the Appellate Division fixed May 14 for hearing the two review petitions.
On February 28, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 sentenced Delwar Hossain Sayeedi to death for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
On 28 March 2013, Sayeedi filed an appeal with the Apex Court seeking acquittal from the charges, while the government on the same day separately appealed to the Supreme Court seeking capital punishment in all the eight charges he was facing.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on December 31, 2015 released the full text of its verdict commuting Sayedee’s death penalty to imprisonment until death in the case. It pronounced its verdict on September 17, 2014.
On January 12, last year, the prosecution filed the review petition seeking death penalty for Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee. On January 17, Sayeedi filed a plea seeking review of the apex court verdict. In the petition, he sought acquittal from all the charges in which he was found guilty.
According to the prosecution, Sayeedi was involved in crimes like killing, looting, rape and forcefully converting Hindus to Muslims in Parerhat of Pirojpur district.
The Supreme Court yesterday (Sunday) adjourned the hearing on two review petitions-one filed on behalf of the state and the other filed by war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayeedi against its verdict in a case that disposed of the war crimes of Sayeedi till Monday.
A five-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order on Sunday. The other judges
are: Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Mia, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique and Justice Mirza Hussain Haider.
Attorney General Mahabubey Alam represented the state while Khandaker Mahbub Hossain stood for convict Sayeedi. Earlier on April 4, the Appellate Division fixed May 14 for hearing the two review petitions.
On February 28, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 sentenced Delwar Hossain Sayeedi to death for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
On 28 March 2013, Sayeedi filed an appeal with the Apex Court seeking acquittal from the charges, while the government on the same day separately appealed to the Supreme Court seeking capital punishment in all the eight charges he was facing.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on December 31, 2015 released the full text of its verdict commuting Sayedee’s death penalty to imprisonment until death in the case. It pronounced its verdict on September 17, 2014.
On January 12, last year, the prosecution filed the review petition seeking death penalty for Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee. On January 17, Sayeedi filed a plea seeking review of the apex court verdict. In the petition, he sought acquittal from all the charges in which he was found guilty.
According to the prosecution, Sayeedi was involved in crimes like killing, looting, rape and forcefully converting Hindus to Muslims in Parerhat of Pirojpur district.
