DHAKA, Jan 29, 2023 (BSS)- The High Court today commuted the death sentence 
of a man named Abdul Jalil to life imprisonment, in a murder case filed 
against him for killing his wife Malati Begum in Barguna in 2003.

A High Court bench comprising of Justice Shahidul Karim and Justice Md 
Mostafizur Rahman delivered the verdict after holding hearing on the death 
reference and defendant's appeal.

According to the case, house wife Malati Begum was killed over a family 
dispute in Bainchotki area at Patharghata upazila in Barguna, on August 28, 
2003.

Kakchira Thana Police recovered her decomposed body from an abandoned house 
nearby a few days later. A murder case was filed on the same day accusing 
five in-laws of the victim.

On April 8, 2004, the investigating officer of the case pressed charge sheet 
against seven people in the court. 

At the end of the trial, Abdul Jalil was sentenced to death by the Additional 
District and Sessions Judge Court of Barguna on May 9, 2017. The court also 
acquitted six people.

The death reference was sent to the High Court for approval of death 
sentence. Besides, the accused filed a jail appeal and a criminal appeal.