Dhaka: The Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday rejected a petition filed by Shahidul, the condemned convict in the Scholastica School student Shazneen Tasnim Rahman killing case, to review his death sentence.

A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, rejected the petition of Shahidul Islam alias Shahid, who was a domestic help in Shazneen’s house.

Earlier, on 2 August 2016, the SC upheld the death sentence of Shahidul and acquitted four other convicts in the murder case after hearing appeals against a High Court verdict.

Those acquitted are Syed Sazzad Mainuddin Hasan, a contractor for repair work of the house; Sazzad’s assistant Badal and maids Estema Khatun Minu and Parvin.

On 23 April 1998, Shazneen, a class IX student of Scholastica School in the city and daughter of Transcom Group chairman Latifur Rahman, was murdered at her house.

On 2 September, 2003, Judge of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Kazi Rahmatullah handed down death penalty to six accused for their involvement in planning and executing the murder.

Lawyer of the plaintiff SM Shahjan said Shazneen’s father Latifur Rahman filed a murder case after the incident.

Later, Detective Branch (DB) of police filed another case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

On July 10, 2006, the High Court upheld the death penalty of five convicts and acquitted carpenter Shaniram Mandal of the charges.

Later, four of the convicts filed a leave-to-appeal with the Supreme Court against the High Court order that was granted by the Appellate Division on 26 April, 2009.

However, another convict, Shahidul, filed a review petition.