The Apex court is all set today to deliver its verdict on the appeal case of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali.
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha will lead the five-member appeal bench of Justices Syed Mahmud Hossain, Hasan Foez Siddique, Mirza Hussain Haider and Mohammad Bazlur Rahman.
The date was fixed on February 24 by the Appellate Division after it concluded hearing from both prosecution and defense.
AG Mahbubey Alam yesterday hoped Quasem’s capital punishment would be upheld.
He said the SC would deliver the verdict on the basis of statements of witnesses, evidence and documents. The politicians’ recent remarks about the trial proceedings will not affect the verdict.
On the other hand, Quasem’s lawyer Khondokar Mahbub Hossain hoped his client would get justice.
Al-Badr commander Quasem, now a top financier of the party that opposed Bangladesh’s birth, was found guilty on 10 charges of crimes against humanity in Chittagong.
Quasem was given the capital punishment on two of the proven charges – abduction, torture and murder of 15-year-old freedom fighter Jasim of Sandwip, and Ranjit Das alias Lathu and Tuntu Sen alias Raju of Chittagong town. Their bodies were later dumped in the Karnaphuli River.
He played a key role behind the formation of al-Badr and led the atrocities at its torture camps in the city. Quasem appealed against the judgment on November 30, 2014 seeking acquittal.
