SC modifies Muhuri murder verdict
The Supreme Court yesterday modified its verdict in the sensational Gopal Krishna Muhuri murder case of Chattogram.
In the modified verdict, the SC fined Tk 50,000 to each three convicts whose death sentences were commuted to imprisonment till their natural death.
In the default to pay the fine, the convicts will have to serve imprisonment for more one year, the SC said in the modified judgement, Deputy Attorney General Amit Das Gupta told The Daily Star.
He said a three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Muhammad Imman Ali modified its verdict on suomuto (voluntary) move as there is a provision for fining along with the life imprisonment until death under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
On October 6, the SC, inadvertently, did not mention the punishment of fining in its verdict, said the DAG.
Meanwhile, Khandker Mahbub Hossain, a lawyer for convict Alamgir Kabir alias Baitta Alamgir, said his client will move a review petition.
He said the fine is a must along with the imprisonment as per Section 302. But how will the convicts serve imprisonment for one more year after they die if they don't pay fine? he said.
The ground on which the apex court delivered the verdict could not be known as its full text is yet to be released.
On October 6, the Appellate Division bench had delivered the verdict in Gopal Krishna Muhuri murder case after hearing the appeals of three convicts against the High Court judgement.
In the verdict, the apex court commuted the death sentence of three convicts -- Azam, Alamgir Kabir alias Baitta Alamgir and Taslim Uddin Montu to imprisonment till their natural death.
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