Court Correspondent :
The High Court Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict any day on the death reference, and appeal of Oishee Rahman against the death penalty she was awarded for killing her parents in 2013.
The High Court Bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Md Jahangir Hossain kept the death reference and the appeal in the case waiting for verdict after conclusion of the hearing on Sunday.
On March 13, the same High Court Bench started the hearing on the death reference and appeal while Deputy Attorney General Jahirul Haque Jahir read out the paper book of the case before the court.
On November 12 in 2015, Judge Syed Ahmed of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka sentenced Oishee Rahman to death for killing her parents. The tribunal also fined her Tk 20,000 only.
Besides, the tribunal sentenced Oishee’s friend Mizanur Rahman Rony to two years’ imprisonment and fined him Tk 5,000 and in default, he will have to suffer one month in the prison. However, the court acquitted Asaduzzaman Johny, another friend of Oishee.
On August 16, 2013, police recovered the decomposed bodies of Special Branch Police Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman from their Chamelibagh residence in the capital.
