DHAKA: The hearing on appeals challenging International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 verdict, which sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee to death, ended on Tuesday.          

The court will also pass order on Wednesday of the petitions filed by both prosecution and defence.              

The prosecution has pleaded to uphold Sayedee’s death while the defence appealed for his exemption.   
    
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the prosecution while Khandakar Mahbub stood for the defence.        

On February 28 in 2013, the ICT-1 sentenced Sayedee to death on two charges although it found him guilty on eight out of 20 charges brought against him.

Sayedee on March 28 of the same year filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking acquittal from eight charges.

The government on the same day submitted another appeal to the apex court seeking death penalty for Sayedee on the eight charges, which were proved before the tribunal.

BDST: 1438 HRS, APR 15, 2014