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8 get life term for killing Jubo League leader in Jhenaidah
A Jhenaidah court on Monday sentenced eight people to life term imprisonment for killing a Jubo League leader in 2010.
The convicts are—Shanti Hossain, Abdul Karim, Lavlu, Abu Zahid Moni, Mizanur Rahman alias Tak Mizan, Ibrahim Khalil alias Idris alias Idu, Mukul and Nasir.
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The court also fined them Tk 5,000 each, in default, to suffer six months more igorous imprisonment.
The court also sentenced them to seven years imprisonment each in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.
According to the prosecution, the convicts hurled bomb towards Zakir Hossain Mandal Shanti, convener of then Ganna union unit Jubo League, when he was returning home at Kashimnagar village in Sadar upazila by a motorbike on July 7, 2010, leaving him injured.
Later, he succumbed to his injures in a hospital in Dhaka on July 11.
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Two separate cases were filed in this connection.
Police submitted chargesheet against eleven people.
After examining records and 19 witnesses, Additional Session Judge Shawkat Hossain handed down the verdict.
DGHS driver gets 30 years in arms case
A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), to 30 years’ imprisonment in an arms case -- 15 years each under two sections of the relevant act.
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-3 Md Rabiul Alam pronounced the judgement in the morning.
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Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court-3 fixed September 20 for delivering its judgment on September 13 following the conclusion of arguments by both sides.
On March 11, the court framed charges against him in the case.
Abdul Malek pleaded not guilty and demanded justice when Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh framed charges against him.
On January 11, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) submitted a chargesheet in the case.
Rab members arrested Malek from Turag thana area in the city on September 20, 2020 on charge of extortion and involvement in illegal firearms trade.
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Tipped off, a Rab-1 battalion conducted a drive at a 7-storey building at Kamarpara under Turag police station and arrested him.
One foreign-made pistol, one magazine, five bullets, fake currency worth around Tk1.50 lakh, one laptop and one mobile phone were recovered from his possession.
He was allegedly involved in many illegal activities and made huge wealth by transferring employees of different departments through lobbying.
Man gets 60 years imprisonment for violating 2 girls in Joypurhat
A Joypurhat tribunal on Tuesday sentenced a man to 60 years imprisonment for violating two girls.
The convict is Abu Salam, 54, son of Bachchu Molla of Panchbibi upazila.
Joypurhat Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Rustam Ali handed down the verdict.
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The tribunal also fined Salam Tk 3 lakh, in default to suffer three years more rigorous imprisonment. He was tried in absentia.
According to the prosecution, Salam took the two victims aged between 10-11 years to his house saying that he will allow them to watch television and gave them Tk 10 each on July 14, 2017.
Later, they violated the girls in turns after showing a knife to them.
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Later, the girls were rescued by local people and they were taken to Joypurhat District Hospital.
Police arrested Salam following the statement of local people. However, Salam secured bail from the court and went into hiding.
It’s settled: Life term means 30 yrs imprisonment
Life imprisonment in Bangladesh means a convict will remain behind bars for 30 years unless specifically mentioned in the verdict that the person is sentenced to imprisonment until natural death.
The 120-page full verdict of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on the matter was published on its website on Thursday.
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“Imprisonment for life is equivalent to imprisonment for 30 years if sections 45 and 53 are read together along with sections 55 and 57 of the Penal Code and 35A of the Code of Criminal Procedure,” it read.
However, the convict will not be entitled to get the benefit of section 35A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, if awarded life imprisonment by the International Crimes Tribunal under International Crimes Tribunals Act, 1973.
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A seven-member bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, passed a short verdict on December 1 last year over the matter following a review petition filed by a convict, Ataur Mridha.
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin stood for the state while Advocate Khandakar Mahbub Hossain represented the petitioner.
Prison sentences for driver, supervisor, helper of Shyamoli Paribahan for being drug mules
A Chittagong court has sentenced a driver and supervisor of Shyamoli Paribahan to 10 years and the helper to five years in prison respectively for transporting yaba in Chittagong. In the same verdict, each of them was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment for non-payment of a fine of Tk 5,000.
Father gets life sentence for raping own daughter
A man convicted of raping his own daughter has been sentenced to life in prison.
Rifat murder: 11 juveniles jailed
A Barguna Court on Tuesday sentenced 11 juveniles to different jail terms in the Rifat Sharif murder case.
Three policemen get life term in first verdict over custodial death
In the first verdict under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, a Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced three policemen to life term imprisonment and two police informants to seven years' jail in a case filed over the custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny in 2014.
Man sentenced to death for killing Kushtia school teacher
A Kushtia court sentenced a man to death and three others to life imprisonment on Thursday for killing the headmaster of a government primary school in 2015.