An HC bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin passed the order after hearing petitions filed by the convicts and the death references.
Those got their death penalty commuted are Nazimuzzaman Yon and his friend Raju Ahmed.
Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru and Mansurul Haq Chowdhury stood for the convicts while Deputy Attorney General Moniruzzaman Rubel represented the state.
Farhad Khan, 60, senior sub-editor of the Dainik Janata, and his wife Rahima Khatun were killed at their Nayapaltan residence in the city on January 28, 2011.
On October 10, 2012, the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 sentenced Yon, Farhad’s nephew, and Raju to death.
Later, the convicts filed separate petitions with the High Court challenging the lower court order.