High Court acquits 2 death-row convicts in child murder case
A lower court in 2016 convicted the duo on the charges of killing the unidentified child in 2005
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Publish : 06 Jan 2022, 09:28 PMUpdate : 06 Jan 2022, 09:28 PM
The High Court on Thursday acquitted two persons sentenced to death by a lower court in a case lodged over the murder of a homeless child in Gazipur Bhawal Shalbon in 2005.
The division bench of Justice Krishna Debnath and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar passed the order, allowing criminal appeals of the convicts -- Md Zakir Hossain and Md Anwar Hossain alias Md Razib.
Mohammad Shishir Manir, Md Asad Uddin and Mohammad Noab Ali argued for the appellants, while Deputy Attorney General Shahin Ahmed Khan stood for the state.
“The court rejected the death reference in the case and allowed their appeals against the conviction. The court, however, asked the inspector general of police to take necessary steps against the police official concerned, as the officer refrained from appearing before the court for testimony,” lawyer Shishir Manir told reporters.
A lower court in 2016 convicted the two and sentenced them to death on the charges of killing the unidentified child in 2005.
Locals nabbed Md Zakir Hossain and Md Anwar Hossain from under Shahjahanpur Overbridge in the capital on April 9, 2005. They found the severed head of the child from a bag carried by the two. Later, Railway Police probed the case and filed the charge sheet.
High Court acquits 2 death-row convicts in child murder case
A lower court in 2016 convicted the duo on the charges of killing the unidentified child in 2005
The High Court on Thursday acquitted two persons sentenced to death by a lower court in a case lodged over the murder of a homeless child in Gazipur Bhawal Shalbon in 2005.
The division bench of Justice Krishna Debnath and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar passed the order, allowing criminal appeals of the convicts -- Md Zakir Hossain and Md Anwar Hossain alias Md Razib.
Mohammad Shishir Manir, Md Asad Uddin and Mohammad Noab Ali argued for the appellants, while Deputy Attorney General Shahin Ahmed Khan stood for the state.
“The court rejected the death reference in the case and allowed their appeals against the conviction. The court, however, asked the inspector general of police to take necessary steps against the police official concerned, as the officer refrained from appearing before the court for testimony,” lawyer Shishir Manir told reporters.
A lower court in 2016 convicted the two and sentenced them to death on the charges of killing the unidentified child in 2005.
Locals nabbed Md Zakir Hossain and Md Anwar Hossain from under Shahjahanpur Overbridge in the capital on April 9, 2005. They found the severed head of the child from a bag carried by the two. Later, Railway Police probed the case and filed the charge sheet.