Staff Correspondent, Dhaka
The High Court will deliver its verdict on Sunday on the death references and appeals related to the August 21 grenade attack cases.
The High Court bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain has included the death references and appeals in its cause list for the day.
On November 21, the bench reserved its judgment after completing the hearing on the death references (trial court documents seeking confirmation of death sentences) and appeals submitted by the convicted individuals.
The cases were marked as curia advisari vult (verdict pending).
About the attack
The cases stem from the grenade attack on an Awami League rally at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka on August 21, 2004. The attack left 24 people dead and injured approximately 300 others.
Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader and a target of the attack, narrowly escaped harm. She later served as prime minister for 15 years but resigned and fled the country on August 5 this year amid a mass uprising.
Earlier court decisions
On October 10, 2018, a Dhaka court sentenced 19 individuals, including former BNP state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, to death over their involvement in the attack.
Another 19 individuals, including BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, now in London, were sentenced to life imprisonment. Eleven others received varying prison sentences.
Of the convicted individuals, 18 remain at large, while 31 are currently in custody.
