The Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its verdict on March 8 on the appeal filed by condemned war criminal Mir Quasem Ali challenging the death penalty for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
After the closure of the appeal arguments on Wednesday, a five-member bench of the SC, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, first set March 2 for delivering the judgment but it later shifted the date to March 8 on account of absence of the Chief Justice who will then be out of the city on a tour.
The other judges of the bench are Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, Justice Bazlur Rahman and Justice Mirza Hussain Haider.
The appeal hearing began on February 9.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the state while Khandker Mahbub Hossain stood for the Jamaat leader.
Earlier on May 28 and August 18, 2015, the SC asked the defence and prosecution to submit the concise statements of the appeal.
On November 30, 2014, Mir Quasem Ali filed the appeal with the SC challenging the death penalty awarded to him by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
On November 2 the same year, the tribunal had condemned Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali to death for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. –Dhaka, Feb 24 (UNB)
