A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced life term to a notorious mugger in an arms case while the court also awarded him seven more years of imprisonment in another section of the same case.
The convict, Firoz Alam alias Shahin, 30, is a fugitive, said court sources.
The court of 6th Metropolitan Special Tribunal, ASM Julfiquar Hayat, sentenced the verdict yesterday in absentia of the accused, said Mohammad Masud, bench assistant of the tribunal.
The court sentenced him for life term under section 19 (A) of Arms Act, 1878 on charge of keeping illegal arms and more seven years imprisonment under section 19 (F) of the same act on charge of keeping ammunition.
According to the case documents, Pahartali police arrested Firoz with a lighter gun, four rounds of cartridges and two machetes on February 29, 2012 when he was getting prepared for mugging.
Sub-Inspector Kanon Chowdhury of Pahartoli police station lodged a case with the police station accusing Firoz in this connection. Police submitted the charge sheet against him on April 3, 2012 while the court framed the charge against the accused on September 17, 2012.
The court sentenced the verdict after testifying 11 witnesses, court sources said.
