DHAKA, March 30, 2022 (BSS) - The High Court (HC) today upheld death sentence
of one convict and life imprisonment of another in a case lodged over murder
of Abdul Motin in village Dharki under Sadar upazila of Joypurhat.

A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Iqbal Kabir and Justice Md
Kamrul Hossain Mollah passed the order, upholding death of Md Majir Uddin and
life imprisonment of Mahbub Alam Babu.

The court however, commuted death sentence of six convicts to life
imprisonment, accepting the death reference of the case, in part. The six
convicts, whose death sentence were commuted to life imprisonment are- Wazed
Ali, Md Choitun Mollah, Chabadul, Md Anu, Abu Hasan Dilip and Montu Miah.

According to the case documents, Abdul Motin was hacked and beaten to death
on October 27, 2006. His brother filed the case on that day. Joypurhat
District and Sessions Judge Court on August 17, 2016 sentenced seven people
to death and one to life term imprisonment.

The lower court later sent the death reference of the case to High Court for
its approval, and the convicts too in the meantime, filed appeals against
their conviction. After holding hearing on the matters, the High Court today
came up with its judgement.