Sayedee appeal on War crimes trial
SC releases full verdict
UNB
The Supreme Court yesterday released the full text of its verdict commuting Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedees death penalty to jail unto death in the case for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, reports UNB.
The written verdict was released on website of the apex court after the five judgesformer Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain, Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury of the Appellate Division bench signed the copies of the verdict reducing the death sentence for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
On September 17, 2014, the Appellate Division of the SC commuted the death penalty of Sayedee to imprisonment until death for the wartime crimes.
Earlier on February 28, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 sentenced Sayedee to death for war crimes.
On March 28, 2013, Sayedee filed an appeal with the apex court seeking acquittal from the charges and the government side on the same day submitted a separate appeal to the SC demanding capital punishment in all the eight charges.
Sayedee was involved in the incidents like killing, looting, rape and converting Hindus into Muslims in Parerhat of Pirojpur district.
Ganajagaran Manch brought out a torch rally in the city yesterday evening rejecting the verdict in the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider killing case.
The Manch activists carrying torches in their hands started the rally from Shahbagh intersection around 5:45 pm.
The procession ended at the starting point after parading Dhaka Universitys TSC.
