High appeals court docket rejects War criminal Kamaruzzaman’s evaluation petition

War Criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman

War criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman has misplaced his final appeal in Bangladesh’s prime appeals court to study the loss of life sentence it handed him prior for his war-time atrocities.
Monday’s rejection removes all authorized hurdles to execute the Jamaat-e-Islami leader for the crimes he committed towards humanity throughout the 1971 Liberation war.
A 4-member bench headed through Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha rejected the petition in the morning after about two-hour lengthy hearing on the petition the prior day. “disregarded”, is what the executive justice mentioned at the court.

Khandaker Mahbub Hossain represented the Jamaat-e-Islami chief at the same time lawyer general Mahbubey Alam argued for the state on the listening to. “The Appellate Division has rejected the plea, because of this the loss of life penalty stays upheld,” the lawyer general mentioned to bdnews24.Com after the decision. He mentioned the conflict crimes convict can now file a mercy petition with the president and the execution will likely be applied if that is became down, as good.

The defence, however, did not make it clear whether the convict will go for presidential clemency. “we will be able to search permission from the jail authorities at present. The following steps will probably be taken after consulting him,” lawyer Shishir Monir instructed newshounds. On Nov 3 last year, the equal bench had proven the death penalty awarded to the Jamaat chief through a warfare crimes tribunal. Others within the 4-strong bench have been Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury.

Kamaruzzaman, who was then a leader of Al-Badr in Mymensingh, was ordered to hang by means of the apex courtroom for the killing of 120 humans at Sohagpur village in 1971. His lawyer Khandaker Mahbub had argued for the review of the demise sentence on four grounds, which were now not located tenable via the 4-member bench. Alternatively, the lawyer common in his argument stated, “If today we show any leniency towards the battle criminals, history will hold us dependable.”

Kamaruzzaman, now Jamaat’s Senior Assistant Secretary common, was once the Mymensingh district unit chief of the celebration’s then the scholar wing Islami Chhatra Sangha in 1971. He had formed the Al-Badr militia forces with help of the Pakistan military with the aid of recruiting Chhatra Sangha participants from Jamalpur’s Ashek Mamhud college. Underneath his command, Al-Badr members have been concerned in genocide, killing, rape, looting, arson, and deportation of persons within the then higher Mymensingh region including Jamalpur, Netrokona, Kishoreganj, Sherpur and Tangail districts.

On may just 9, 2013, the international Crimes Tribunal (ICT) observed him responsible in five counts out of the seven levelled in opposition to him. The tribunal ordered death for him on two bills, together with the killing of one hundred twenty guys and raping of women in Sohaghpur Village at Sherpur’s Nalitabarhi on July 25, 1971.

The Supreme court docket in its verdict determined him unanimously guilty of the charge and sentenced him to death through majority. Nevertheless it diminished the death sentence awarded for the opposite charge to life. The Appellate Division also upheld the tribunal’s verdict of life in prison and 10-yr reformatory time period in two different expenses, however acquitted him of another cost. The conflict crimes tribunal issued a loss of life warrant for him on Feb 19 this yr, a day after the whole Supreme court verdict upholding the death used to be published.

The seven-day rule in step with the penal complex code is not going to applicable in war crimes trial if Kamaruzzaman sought presidential clemency, mentioned attorney normal Alam.
The Jamaat chief is the 2d warfare crimes convict to file a evaluation petition with the top appeals court docket earlier than the decision is being applied.  On Dec 12, 2103, struggle criminal and Jamaat chief Abdul Quader Molla was once completed after his evaluate petition was once rejected via the highest appeals court docket.