Date of review petition hearing due today
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
The Appellate Division chamber judge is expected to set a date today (Wednesday) for hearing the review petitions of Bazlul Huda and AKM Mohiuddin, convicted and sentenced to death for the 1975 killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports bdnews24.com.
Chief state counsel Anisul Haque told reporters that the response came following a plea made to the Supreme Court for quick hearing of the review petitions.
Huda and Mohiuddin filed petitions Sunday for review of the Supreme Court judgment that upheld the death sentence of the five convicts.
Huda, AKM Mohiuddin and another convict Mohiuddin Ahmed have also submitted clemency petitions - while Syed Faruque Rahman and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan did not seek clemency but filed review petitions with the Supreme Court.
Haque said there was no problem in running both mercy petitions and review petitions concurrently.
The Supreme Court, in a long-pending judgment, rejected appeals of the five convicted killers on November 19 last year, upholding the High Court's death penalties in the case.
On January 3 this year, Dhaka district and sessions judge signed and sent death warrants for all five to Dhaka Central Jail, where the convicted killers are being held in condemned cells.
Chief state counsel Anisul Haque told reporters that the response came following a plea made to the Supreme Court for quick hearing of the review petitions.
Huda and Mohiuddin filed petitions Sunday for review of the Supreme Court judgment that upheld the death sentence of the five convicts.
Huda, AKM Mohiuddin and another convict Mohiuddin Ahmed have also submitted clemency petitions - while Syed Faruque Rahman and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan did not seek clemency but filed review petitions with the Supreme Court.
Haque said there was no problem in running both mercy petitions and review petitions concurrently.
The Supreme Court, in a long-pending judgment, rejected appeals of the five convicted killers on November 19 last year, upholding the High Court's death penalties in the case.
On January 3 this year, Dhaka district and sessions judge signed and sent death warrants for all five to Dhaka Central Jail, where the convicted killers are being held in condemned cells.