Dhaka, Oct 25 —The chamber judge has stayed for six weeks a High Court order, which acquitted eight death sentence convicts and six others of murdering industrialist Mohammad Alam.
Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain issued the order on Tuesday following a plea from attorney general Mahbubey Alam on behalf of the state.
The bench of justices Miftah Uddin Chowdhury and Mohammad Shawkat Hossain on Monday cleared the convicts of charges in the case following appeal by them against the lower court judgment.
A Dhaka court on July 31, 2005 awarded the capital punishment to 11 people, including two women, and imprisonment to six others in different terms for killing businessman Mohammad Alam, along with his three maid servants, at his Jurain residence in the city on Jan 1, 2002.
In Monday's order, the High Court also commuted the death penalty of 'Sohel', Sohag Bepari and 'Kabir' to life-term considering their young age.
The acquitted include 'Babul' alias 'Babu', 'Yusuf', 'Dulal', Al Amin, 'Farida', Matiur Rahman alias Jamai Motin, Babul Hasan alias Jamai Babu and Jahanara Begum.
Of the accused, only Al Amin is on the run.
From:www.bdnews24.com
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