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SC verdict on Azhar’s appeal against ICT judgement any day


Bangladeshpost
Published : 10 Jul 2019 09:49 PM | Updated : 05 Sep 2020 04:43 PM

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will pronounce judgement any day on an appeal filed by convicted war criminal and Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam against International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 judgement, reports BSS. A four-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain kept the judgement on CAV, curia advisari vult (a Latin legal term meaning court awaits judgement), as the hearing in the case concluded yester. The defence placed their arguments in the case. The prosecution concluded their part of arguments on Tuesday. “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 said. 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.