The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has dismissed the trial proceeding of a war crime case against the former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam following his death.
A five-member bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order on Tuesday morning.
The war criminal died while undergoing treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on October 23 last year.
He was sentenced to 90 years' jail term on July 15, 2013 by the International Crimes Tribunal 1 for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
The former Jamaat-e-Islami chief was handed the sentence for incitement, conspiracy, planning, complicity, and inaction to prevent murder at the time.
Even though the crimes are punishable by death, the International Crimes Tribunal 1 ordered the 90-year-old jail sentence considering his age and health.
Believed to be the “greatest traitor” in Bangladesh’s history, the then Jamaat chief masterminded the formation and activities of auxiliary forces, such as the Peace Committee, Razakar, al-Badr and al-Shams, taking the side of the Pakistani occupation forces against the liberation forces. After the war, he campaigned abroad to prevent Muslim countries from recognising the newly independent state of Bangladesh.