DHAKA: The lawyers of condemned war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami started placing their arguments at the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) for the last day on Wednesday.

The 4-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha is holding the hearing.

The other members include-- Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Hasan Foez Siddique.

Defence lawyer S M Shahjahan started presenting arguments in the morning.

After that, advocate Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, main lawyer of Nizami, is expected to place arguments on legal points at the court.

Attorney general Mahbubey Alam is leading the prosecution.

On Tuesday, The Supreme Court (SC) adjourned the appeal hearing of condemned war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami till Wednesday (December 2) after second day’s arguments of the defense lawyer.

The prosecution will place its arguments on December 7.

Later, the hearing of the case will come to an end through placing counter arguments by the defence party on December 8.

Earlier, submission of documents, including the verdict by the Tribunal, to the Appellate Division started on September 9 and ended on November 25.

Earlier on October 29, three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 consisting of its chairman Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Anwarul Haque and Justice Jahangir Hossain sentenced Nizami to death in a case of crimes against humanity during the country’s war of liberation in 1971.

BDST: 1026 HRS, DEC 02, 2015
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