Judge Monzurul Bachhid of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court adjourned the delivery of the verdict as he could not go to the special court set up adjacent to the Dhaka central jail due to political unrest.

The cases-- one under the Arms Act, one under the Special Powers Act and the other under the Explosive Substances Act-- were filed with Cantonment Police Station on August 18, 1996.

During the trial, the court recorded statements of six prosecution witnesses in each case.

According to the prosecution, a criminal investigation department (CID) team along with the then officer-in-charge (OC) of Cantonment Police Station arrested Faruk on August 18, 1996 after raiding his house at DOHS in the capital.

The team also seized a revolver, a shotgun, an airgun, a stengun, 616 bullets, eight international passports, 2,830 Pakistani rupees and 62.75 Libyan dinars from the spot.

Later, four cases were filed with Cantonment Police Station-- one under the Arms Act, one under the Foreign Currency Control Act, one under the Explosive Substances Act and the other under the Special Powers Act.

Earlier, on May 9 last year, the same court acquitted Lt Col (dismissed) Syed Farukur Rahman of charge in a case filed for possessing foreign currencies, as the charge brought against him was not proved.

Another court on October 20, 2004 sentenced Faruk to life in jail in the jail killing case.