bdnews24.com :
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of JMB operative Masumur Rahman Masum for the 2005 Lakshmipur court bombings.
It has also scrapped the High Court verdict that acquitted another JMB activist, Amzad Ali, and ordered a retrial. On Wednesday, a four-member appeals bench, led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, gave its decision on the State’s appeal against Ali’s acquittal and defence plea against the
death sentence by the High Court. “In its verdict, the High Court observed that proper cognizance had not been taken of the charges against Amzad Ali hwere. The Appellate Division considered this fact while ordering a retrial,” Deputy Attorney General Shashank Shekhar Sarkar told bdnews24.com. The court ordered the prison authorities to shift Amzad Ali from the condemn cell to any ordinary block, said Sarkar, who represented the State on Wednesday.
In October 2005, a bomb attack on the Lakhsmipur court premises had left one dead.
Two cases were filed over the incident – one for murder and another under the Explosives Substances Act.
According to the case details, Judge MA Sufian, Bench Officer Md Shafiqullah and several others were injured in the attack. Of them, Mojibul Haq, a petitioner, succumbed to his injuries later.
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of JMB operative Masumur Rahman Masum for the 2005 Lakshmipur court bombings.
It has also scrapped the High Court verdict that acquitted another JMB activist, Amzad Ali, and ordered a retrial. On Wednesday, a four-member appeals bench, led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, gave its decision on the State’s appeal against Ali’s acquittal and defence plea against the
death sentence by the High Court. “In its verdict, the High Court observed that proper cognizance had not been taken of the charges against Amzad Ali hwere. The Appellate Division considered this fact while ordering a retrial,” Deputy Attorney General Shashank Shekhar Sarkar told bdnews24.com. The court ordered the prison authorities to shift Amzad Ali from the condemn cell to any ordinary block, said Sarkar, who represented the State on Wednesday.
In October 2005, a bomb attack on the Lakhsmipur court premises had left one dead.
Two cases were filed over the incident – one for murder and another under the Explosives Substances Act.
According to the case details, Judge MA Sufian, Bench Officer Md Shafiqullah and several others were injured in the attack. Of them, Mojibul Haq, a petitioner, succumbed to his injuries later.
