The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday fixed the date for hearing the appeal petitions in three high-profile cases including Narayanganj seven murder case, Abrar Fahad murder case and Major Sinha murder case.

The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Md Rezaul Haque fixed November 17 for hearing the appeal petition in the Narayanganj seven murder cases, November 24 for Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case and December 1 for Major Sinha murder case, said Attorney General Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal.

The Attorney General said these cases have not only harmed several families but have also caused damage to the state.

There is widespread public expectation that these high-profile and sensational cases will be resolved swiftly and that the verdicts will be executed, he said.

In the Narayanganj seven-murder case, 21 appeals filed by different accused individuals, along with 16 criminal petitions filed by individuals sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment, have been placed before the court for hearing.

The court has also been informed about 14 additional appeals in the Abrar Fahad murder case.

In the Major Sinha murder case, the appeal filed by former Teknaf Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Pradip Kumar Das, who was sentenced to death, along with the related applications, has also been scheduled for hearing.

Narayanganj seven-murder case

On April 27, 2014, seven people, including Narayanganj City Corporation councillor Nazrul Islam and lawyer Chandan Sarker, were abducted from Narayanganj court area. They were later murdered and their bodies dumped in the Shitalakkhya River.

The incident sparked widespread outrage across the country.

Following the trial court's verdict, On August 22, 2017, the High Court upheld the death sentences of 15 of the 26 convicts sentenced to death.

Abrar Fahad murder case

On the night of October 6, 2019, a group of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League's beat Abrar Fahad, a second-year student of electrical and electronics engineering (EEE) department, to death at Sher-e-Bangla Hall of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).

Following hearings on appeals and death references against the trial court's verdict, the High Court delivered its judgment on March 16, 2025, upholding the death sentences of 20 convicts and life imprisonment for five others.

Major Sinha murder case

Retired Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan was shot dead by police at Shamlapur checkpost in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, on the night of July 31, 2020.

Following the trial court's verdict, the High Court delivered its judgment on June 2, 2025, upholding the death sentences of Pradeep Kumar Das, the then officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, and Liaqat Ali, the then inspector of Baharchhara Police Investigation Centre.

The case is now awaiting a hearing in the Appellate Division.