The Supreme Court has dismissed a review petition filed against the death penalty handed down to a convict in the murder case of Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, gave the order on Sunday, rejecting the petition filed by the convict.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said there is no bar to execute the verdict against the convict, reports the UNB.
Earlier on October 4, the Supreme Court set October 7 (today) to deliver the order on the review petition filed against its judgment in the murder case.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had upheld the High Court verdict that gave death sentence to Saiful Islam Mamun, and life term to three others-Md Al Amin, Akbar Ali Lalu, and Rafiqul Islam.
Khalaf Al Ali, 45, a non-diplomatic official with the consular section of the embassy, was shot near his Gulshan residence on March 5, 2012.
A murder case was filed with Gulshan police station against five people, two days after the killing.
On December 30, 2012, a Dhaka court sentenced all the five accused of the case to death.
However, the decision was overturned when the convicts' appeal and death sentence was sent to the High Court.
In 2013, the High Court acquitted fugitive Selim Chowdhury; commuted the sentences of Md Al Amin, Akbar Ali Lalu and Rafiqul Islam to life in prison; and upheld the death sentence of Saiful Islam Mamun.
The state then filed an appeal with the Supreme Court in 2014.