Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday set December 8 for holding an appeal hearing in a case lodged over the sensational murder of tailor-shop worker Biswajit Das in 2012.
Appellate Division Judge-in-Chamber Justice Md Rezaul Haque fixed the dates earlier Monday.
Attorney General Md Ruhul Quddus Kazol took part in the hearing for the state.
Biswajit, a tailor-shop worker, was hacked to death in broad daylight on December 9, 2012.
Dhaka 4th Speedy Trial Tribunal on December 18, 2013, sentenced eight people to death and 13 others to life imprisonment in the case.
The trial court had sentenced to death Rafikul Islam Shakil, Rajan Talukder, Mahfuzur Rahman, Rasheduzzaman, Imdadul Haque, Kaium Miah, Saiful Islam, and Nur-e Alam.
The court sentenced to life imprisonment AHM Kibria, Golam Mostafa, Khandaker Eunus Ali, Monirul Haque, Tarik Bin Johayer, Alauddin, Obaidul Quader, Imran Hossain, Azizur Rahman, Al Amin Sheikh, Rafikul Islam, Kamrul Hasan and Mosharraf Hossain.
High Court on August 6, 2027, upheld death sentences for two and life imprisonment for 11 others in the case. A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty pronounced the judgment after holding a hearing on appeals and death references. The court, however, acquitted four of the charges.
Two death-row convicts are Rafikul Islam Shakil and Rajan Talukder. The court acquitted Saiful Islam, Kaium Miah, AHM Kibria and Golam Mostafa of the charges. The High Court commuted the death sentences of four to life imprisonment, making a total of 15 to languish in jail for life.
The court also ordered to take actions against the doctor who conducted autopsy on Biswajit's body and investigation officer for failing to submit proper reports before it.