Speedy court to ensure fair trial
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday said the trial of BDR personnel involved in the heinous offences will be held in a fair and proper manner at the speedy trial tribunal under the penal code.
He said the trial will be completed within 135 days after its starting and there is no legal basis for raising any question about the holding of the trial at the speedy trial tribunal.
Recently BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain alleged that justice cannot be ensured if the BDR mutiny trial is held under the speedy trial tribunal since the government can influence the tribunal.
While talking to newsmen at his secretariat office in the afternoon, the law minister said trial of many cases were earlier took place at the speedy trial tribunal, but nobody raised any question on those trials.
He said the law regarding the speedy trial tribunal was enacted during the BNP regime.
Shafique said the trial will be held at the speedy trial tribunal like those held at other courts in the country.
The accused will get facilities for self-defence by appointing lawyers, presenting evidences and witnesses in favour of them and cross examining the witnesses who will give statement against them before the court, he added.
The minister said everybody wants fair trial within a short time and this is possible through the speedy trial tribunal.
He commented that it is not fair to create any confusion by making political statements on the trial at the tribunal.
The government has taken the decision of holding the trial of the heinous offences at the speedy trial tribunal following the opinion and observations of the Supreme Court on presidential reference, he added.
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