UNB, Dhaka :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death penalty of Tofail Ahmed Joseph, an infamous ‘top terrorist’ of the 90s’, to life term imprisonment in the Freedom Party (now defunct) leader Mostafizur Rahman murder case.
A three-member SC bench, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order after a hearing on the appeal against the death sentence given by the High Court. The court also acquitted another accused of the case, Kabil Sarkar,
after granting his petition for acquittal. Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, Mahbub Ali and AM Aminuddin stood for Joseph and Kabil. On May 7, 1996 Freedom Party leader of city’s Mohammadpur area Mostafizur Rahman was shot dead by some unknown assailants. Victim’s wife Rashida Parvin filed a case the following day.
After trial, the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka sentenced Joseph and another accused Masud Jomader to death and Kabil to life term imprisonment on April 25, 2004.
The High Court on September 20, 2007 upheld the death penalty of Joseph and life term imprisonment of Kabil and acquitted Masud of the charges following a petition by the convicts. Later, Joseph and Kabil filed appeal against the High Court verdict.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death penalty of Tofail Ahmed Joseph, an infamous ‘top terrorist’ of the 90s’, to life term imprisonment in the Freedom Party (now defunct) leader Mostafizur Rahman murder case.
A three-member SC bench, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order after a hearing on the appeal against the death sentence given by the High Court. The court also acquitted another accused of the case, Kabil Sarkar,
after granting his petition for acquittal. Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, Mahbub Ali and AM Aminuddin stood for Joseph and Kabil. On May 7, 1996 Freedom Party leader of city’s Mohammadpur area Mostafizur Rahman was shot dead by some unknown assailants. Victim’s wife Rashida Parvin filed a case the following day.
After trial, the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka sentenced Joseph and another accused Masud Jomader to death and Kabil to life term imprisonment on April 25, 2004.
The High Court on September 20, 2007 upheld the death penalty of Joseph and life term imprisonment of Kabil and acquitted Masud of the charges following a petition by the convicts. Later, Joseph and Kabil filed appeal against the High Court verdict.
