DHAKA, Jan 11, 2023 (BSS) - The High Court (HC) today refused to hold hearing on a bail petition filed by Ayesha Siddiqa Minni, convicted and sentenced to death in a case lodged over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif in Barguna.

A High Court division bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Biswajit Debnath came up with the decision, deleting the matter from its cause list.

Barguna District and Sessions Judge Court on September 30, 2020, sentenced six persons, including Minni, to death in the case. They were also fined Taka 50 thousand each.

The court also acquitted four other accused - Rafiul Islam Rabbi, Md Sagar, Kamrul Islam Saimun and Md Musa alias Musa Bond. The court came up with the judgement after examining 76 witnesses on 43 hearing dates.

Victim Rifat Sharif was hacked to death in broad daylight in Barguna on June 26, 2019. Police on July 16 showed his wife Minni, who was the main witness in the case earlier, arrested for her role in the gruesome murder.