Dhaka: Four judges including chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha have put their signatures on the final verdict, rejecting the review petition filed by death-row convict Jamaat-leader Muhamaad Kamaruzzaman, who was awarded the verdict by the International Crimes Tribunal 2 (ICT 2).

The judges signed the final verdict on Tuesday afternoon and sent the 36-page verdict to the registrar office.

A copy of the verdict might be referred to tribunal by an hour after completing the formalities, said the assistant registrar of the High Court.  

Another copy of the verdict will be sent to the defendant’s lawyer and deputy commissioner of Dhaka district.

The prison authorities will read out a copy of the verdict to Kamaruzzaman according to the rules.  
 

Earlier, a four-member SC bench headed by chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha upheld the death penalty awarded to Kamaruzzaman after rejecting the review petition filed by his counsels on 6 April.

The Appellate Division Bench fixed 5 April for the review hearing after Kamaruzzaman’s counsels sought an adjournment of the hearing on his review petitions for four weeks, on 1 April.

Kamaruzzaman filed the petition on 5 March seeking to review the death penalty.

On 9 May 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal 2 condemned Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general M Kamaruzzaman to death for his crimes against humanity, including murder, abduction, torture, rape and mass killing during the War of Independence.

On 3 November 2014, the Appellate Division upheld the tribunal’s death sentence by a short order and released its full text of the judgment on 18 February and according to the prescribed rules the review petition was filed. As a result, the execution of Kamaruzzman’s death sentence issued by the trial court remains inoperative.