Dhaka, March 16 -- The High Court (HC) on Sunday upheld the lower court's verdict, sentencing 20 individuals to death and five others to life imprisonment in connection with the brutal murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad.
A High Court division bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain passed the verdict after hearing the convicts' death references and jail appeals.
The High Court on February 24, 2025, kept the judgment on CAV (court awaits verdict) as the legal arguments came to an end in the case on that day.
Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman, deputy attorney generals Md Jasim Sarker, Khandaker Bahar Rumi, Nur Mohammad Azmi, Russel Khandaker, assistant attorney ge...