DHAKA, Jan 8, 2020 (BSS) – Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam today said
the government will appeal against those who were acquitted in the
sensational Pilkhana BDR mutiny case.
He said this while talking to reporters at his office after getting the
full text of the High Court verdict in the BDR mutiny case released today.
He said the 29,059-page text of the verdict, the highest text of
Bangladesh’s legal history, was published after signing the copies of full
verdict by three judges.
A Dhaka court on November 5, 2013 sentenced 152 soldiers of the then
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to death, and 185 others to life imprisonment for
their involvement in the BDR mutiny.
Another two persons were sentenced to 13 years imprisonment, 157 soldiers
to 10 years imprisonment, 13 to seven years, 14 to three years and two were
sentenced to one year in jail while 283 others were acquitted.
About the appeal, the attorney general said decision will be taken after
examining the verdict but the state side will appeal with the Appellate
Division against those who were released in the case.