Dhaka, April 30 -- The High Court (HC) on Wednesday set May 8 to deliver its judgment on the death references, appeals and jail appeals of the convicts in the Ramna Batamul bombing cases filed over two decades ago.

An HC bench consisting Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasrin Akhter fixed the date.

Earlier, on February 18 this year, the court concluded hearings on the death references and appeals, with the verdict pending and expected to be delivered any day.

Ramna Batamul Cases: HC verdict expected any day

On April 14, 2001, during the Chhayanat's Bengali New Year celebrations at Ramna Batamul, a bomb blast left nine people dead on the spot. Another died at the hospital later.

Two cases - one for murder and another for explo...