DHAKA, Oct 30, 2019 (BSS) – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
(SC) will pronounce judgement tomorrow on an appeal filed by convicted war
criminal and Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam against International Crimes
Tribunal (ICT)-1 verdict.
A four-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud
Hossain will pronounce the judgement as the matter was kept on its cause list
for tomorrow as first item.
The apex court kept the judgement on CAV, curia advisari vult (a Latin
legal term meaning court awaits judgement), on July 10 as the hearing in the
case concluded on that day.
“Tribunal sentenced him to death as the charges brought against Azhar were
proved beyond doubt. There is no reason to interfere with the verdict of the
ICT-1 and I hope that the initial judgment will be upheld,” Attorney General
Mahbubey Alam had said earlier.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on June 18 started hearing
the appeal filed by ATM Azharul Islam.
The first tribunal on December 30, 2014, sentenced then assistant secretary
general of Jamaat-e-Islami to death for his crimes against humanity in
Rangpur during the War of Liberation.
The tribunal found him guilty in five of the total six charges it had
framed against him.
Azhar filed the appeal against his conviction on January 28, 2015.