The High Court (HC) commuted the death sentence on Tuesday of two convicts to life imprisonment over the killing of journalist Farhad Khan and his wife Rahima Khatun in the city in 2011.
An HC bench of Justices Md Ruhul Quddus and ASM Abdul Mobin passed the order after hearing petitions filed by the convicts and the death references.
The death penalty was commuted for Nazimuzzaman Yon and his friend Raju Ahmed.
Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru and Mansurul Haq Chowdhury stood for the convicts while Deputy Attorney General Moniruzzaman Rubel represented the state.
Farhad Khan, 60, senior sub-editor of the Dainik Janata, and his wife Rahima Khatun were killed at their Nayapaltan residence in the city on January 28, 2011.
His younger brother Abdus Samad Khan filed a case with Paltan Police Station accusing unknown persons.
On October 10, 2012, the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 sentenced Yon, Farhad's nephew, and Raju to death.
Later, the convicts filed separate petitions with the High Court challenging the lower court order.
