The International Crimes Tribunal-2 is set to deliver its verdict against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan on Wednesday in the cases of crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 war of independence.  

Justice Obaidul Hassan, chairman of the three-member panel of ICT-2, set the day in a short order at 11:08am on Tuesday.

The second tribunal on December 4, 2014, had kept the date of the verdict on CAV (curia advisory vult, a Latin legal term meaning the court awaits verdict) after around a year-long hearing of the case came to an end with the conclusion of prosecution and defence rebuttal.

The prosecution in their rebuttal and closing arguments sought death for the Jamaat leader for his 1971 crimes and also compensation for the witnesses those were also the victims of his crimes.

Earlier, a total of 31 prosecution witnesses testified against Subhan, narrating the crimes committed by the Jamaat leader during the war of independence. But none vouched for Subhan, although the tribunal allowed the defence to produce three witnesses.

The 78-year-old Jamaat nayeb-e-ameer was indicted on December 31, 2013, on 9 counts of crimes against humanity by the ICT-1. On March 27, 2014, the ICT-1 transferred the case to ICT-2 suo moto.