DHAKA: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday re-fixed June 3 for hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman challenging the death penalty awarded to him for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
The four-member SC bench headed by Justice SK Sinha re-fixed the date for the hearing.
Tuesday was the hearing date of the appeal filed by Kamaruzzaman. But his lawyer Khandaker Mahabub Hossian sought three more weeks for the hearing as they do not complete the preparations for it.
Following the plea the apex court re-fixed the new date for hearing.
On June 6, 2013 the Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general appealed against a verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that had sentenced death penalty to him.
Defense lawyers also placed for Kamaruzzaman’s acquittal of the charges on 124 grounds in the 105-page appeal.
State side did not file any appeal to uphold the Kamaruzzman’s death penalty. Defense submitted summary of the appeal on September 29.
On May 9 last year, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 handed down the death penalty to Kamaruzzaman as he was found guilty in five out of seven charges leveled against him.
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