Court spurns defence plea against analogous trial duo cases
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
The trial court again Tuesday ruled out defence plea against analogous trial of twin cases in connection with the 21st August grenade attack on Awami League rally and again deferred the indictment hearings to October 19, reports UNB.
After hearing the prayer, Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Judge Md Masdar Hossain in his order said: "There is no obstacle to continuing the trial of the two cases simultaneously in connection with the 21st August incident as separate charge sheets have been submitted on the single incident."
Earlier, the defence lawyers had sought analogous trial of both the cases as they thought time would be saved and trial would be smooth if the two cases-one for murder and the other under the Explosives Substances Act-were tried together.
The cases were filed for the grenade attack on the Awami League rally on August 21, 2004 that left 23 people dead and about 200 injured. In both the cases, 22 persons were made accused and 8 of them are still on the run.
On the other hand, government appointed 13 lawyers out of 18 who had submitted application to the Law Ministry for assisting the government/victim's side in the case.
Among the lawyers are Advocate Syed Rezaur Rahman, Advocate Sahara Khatun and Advocate Mosharraf Hossain.
After hearing the prayer, Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Judge Md Masdar Hossain in his order said: "There is no obstacle to continuing the trial of the two cases simultaneously in connection with the 21st August incident as separate charge sheets have been submitted on the single incident."
Earlier, the defence lawyers had sought analogous trial of both the cases as they thought time would be saved and trial would be smooth if the two cases-one for murder and the other under the Explosives Substances Act-were tried together.
The cases were filed for the grenade attack on the Awami League rally on August 21, 2004 that left 23 people dead and about 200 injured. In both the cases, 22 persons were made accused and 8 of them are still on the run.
On the other hand, government appointed 13 lawyers out of 18 who had submitted application to the Law Ministry for assisting the government/victim's side in the case.
Among the lawyers are Advocate Syed Rezaur Rahman, Advocate Sahara Khatun and Advocate Mosharraf Hossain.