A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced six robbers to 14-years of imprisonment in a robbery case lodged with Satkania Police Station in 2009.
The court also fined the six convicts Tk10,000 for each or serve two more years if they fail to do so.
“Chittagong Public Security (Jananirapatta) Tribunal Judge Mohammad Mominullah pronounced the verdict in presence of the convicts,” said Tribunal Prosecutor Advocate Jahangir Alam.
The court also acquitted two other accused of the case in its verdict.
He said that as the complaints against the accused were proved beyond any doubt, so the court sentenced the verdict under sections 395, 397, and 412 of Criminal Procedure Code.
The convicts, Nazrul Islam, Sahabuddin, Abu Saleh, Zinnat Ali alias Jasim, Shahadat Hossain and Alamgir, were sent to Chittagong Central Jail after the verdict.
According to case documents, the convicts robbed valuables worth Tk1.54 lakh by breaking into a residence at Hadiapara village under Korianagar union of Satkania upazila on May 3, 2009.
The robbers were later nabbed by Highway Police from the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Highway on the night of the robbery, while the victim lodged a case with Satkania police station in this regard.
After completing an investigation, police submitted the chargesheet against eight people on February 17, 2010 while the court framed charges against eight of them on January 25, 2012.
The court pronounced the verdict after the testimony of 12 witnesses.
