SQ Chy`s appeal verdict July 29

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has fixed July 29 for delivering its verdict on an appeal filed by BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, challenging his death penalty.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha fixed the date on Tuesday after concluding hearing on the appeal.

On October 1, 2013, International Crimes Tribunal-1 found Salauddin guilty of nine of the 23 charges brought against him of committing crimes against humanity during Liberation War of 1971.

The tribunal handed him death penalty on four charges, 20 years in jail for three charges and five years in jail for two other charges.

Salauddin was the only sitting member of parliament to have been convicted of war crimes and condemned to hang. The BNP leader on October 29, 2013 appealed to the SC against the verdict seeking acquittal of all charges.

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