DHAKA, June 9, 2021 (BSS) – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today acquitted 16 people sentenced to life imprisonment in a case lodged over 1994 murder of Hashem Reza alias Togor chairman in village Keshail under Badalgachi upazilla in Naogaon.
An Appellate Division virtual bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the judgement today.
Deputy Attorney General Biswajit Debnath took part in the hearing for the state, while Sarwar Ahmed moved the case for the convicts.
According to the case documents, Togor chairman was gunned down in village Keshail under Badalgachi upazilla in Naogaon on June 3, 1994. His brother Abul Hasnat Chowdhury filed the case with Badalgachi Police Station.
A lower court concerned on July 10, 2005, sentenced main accused Dr Nurul Islam to death and another 18 to life imprisonment. All the convicts but one, filed appeals against their conviction
The High Court on November 21, 2011, commutted the death sentence of Dr Nurul Islam to life imprisonment and upheld the sentences of the other 17 convicts.
“Dr Nurul Islam was freed from jail after getting presidential clemency on March 18, 2013, and has already died on March 14, 2021.
Of the other 17 convicts, apart from one Sabuj, all the other men had appealed against their conviction with the apex court. Many of them have already died of natural causes. The Appellate Division today passed it’s judgement on the appeals,” Advocate Sarwar Ahmed said.