BDR carnage: HC going to release full text of verdict today

The High Court is going to release today (Tuesday) the full text of its verdict that confirmed death penalty for 139 accused and upheld life imprisonment of 185 others for their involvement in the massacre during the BDR mutiny in 2009.

The three judges of a special HC bench have already completed writing the judgment containing more than 29,000 pages — in the biggest-ever criminal case in the country’s history in terms of the number of accused and people convicted, court sources said.

Convicted accused can file appeals with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court after receiving the full text of the HC verdict.

On November 27, 2017, the special HC bench pronounced the verdict that confirmed death penalty for 139 of the 152 accused who were awarded capital punishment by a lower court for their involvement in the carnage during the mutiny by the paramilitary force members.

 

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