Full copy of verdict released

SC judgement upholding Nizami death

The Supreme Court yesterday released the full copy of its verdict upholding the death penalty for Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami in connection with crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971.

Upon receiving the copy of the apex court verdict, the Jamaat chief Nizami will get 15 days to file a review petition seeking reconsideration of the apex court verdict, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told The Independent after releasing the full copy of the apex court verdict.

The apex court released the 153-page verdict after the four judges concerned put their signature on the copy of the verdict.

On January 6 this year, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court had upheld the death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer, Matiur Rahman Nizami, for his involvement in wartime offences.

In a jam-packed courtroom, the four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, in a short order upheld his death penalty for wartime offences.

The other members of the bench were Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Hasan Foez Siddique.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1,  on October 29, 2014, found Nizami guilty of eight charges out of 16 brought against him for wartime offences. The ICT handed down the death penalty in connection with four charges, while it sentenced him to imprisonment for several periods on the other four charges.

However, the apex court acquitted the Jamaat chief of three charges and upheld the sentences of the tribunal on five other charges. It upheld the death penalty for Nizami on three charges. The Supreme

Court upheld the ICT’s death verdict for Charge 2 brought against him for planning to commit crimes, killing 450 people, raping nearly 40 women and deporting of villagers in Pabna on May 14, 1971. The apex court also upheld the death penalty for Charge 6 brought against him for ordering the murder of 30 people of Dhulaura village in Pabna district on November 27, 1971. The SC upheld the ICT verdict that had awarded him the death penalty for Charge 16, brought against Nizami for his involvement in the killing of intellectuals and professionals during the War of Liberation in 1971. The apex court also upheld the ICT verdict in respect of charges 7 and 8 brought against him for torturing and killing one Sohrab Ali on December 3, 1971, and killing Bodi, Rumi, Jewel and Azad at the Old MP Hostel on August 30, 1971, in which the ICT had sentenced him to life term.

Full copy of verdict released

SC judgement upholding Nizami death

The Supreme Court yesterday released the full copy of its verdict upholding the death penalty for Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami in connection with crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971. Upon receiving the copy of the apex court verdict, the Jamaat chief Nizami will get 15 days to file a review petition seeking reconsideration of the apex court verdict, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told The Independent after releasing the full copy of the apex court verdict. The apex court released the 153-page verdict after the four judges concerned put their signature on the copy of the verdict. On January 6 this year, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court had upheld the death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer, Matiur Rahman Nizami, for his involvement in wartime offences. In a jam-packed courtroom, the four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, in a short order upheld his death penalty for wartime offences. The other members of the bench were Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Hasan Foez Siddique. The International Crimes Tribunal-1, on October 29, 2014, found Nizami guilty of eight charges out of 16 brought against him for wartime offences. The ICT handed down the death penalty in connection with four charges, while it sentenced him to imprisonment for several periods on the other four charges. However, the apex court acquitted the Jamaat chief of three charges and upheld the sentences of the tribunal on five other charges. It upheld the death penalty for Nizami on three charges. The Supreme Court upheld the ICTs death verdict for Charge 2 brought against him for planning to commit crimes, killing 450 people, raping nearly 40 women and deporting of villagers in Pabna on May 14, 1971. The apex court also upheld the death penalty for Charge 6 brought against him for ordering the murder of 30 people of Dhulaura village in Pabna district on November 27, 1971. The SC upheld the ICT verdict that had awarded him the death penalty for Charge 16, brought against Nizami for his involvement in the killing of intellectuals and professionals during the War of Liberation in 1971. The apex court also upheld the ICT verdict in respect of charges 7 and 8 brought against him for torturing and killing one Sohrab Ali on December 3, 1971, and killing Bodi, Rumi, Jewel and Azad at the Old MP Hostel on August 30, 1971, in which the ICT had sentenced him to life term.