Wednesday, January 6, 2016, Poush 23, 1422 BS, Rabiul Awal 25, 1437 Hijri


Review petition after getting full verdict: Defence
Observer Online Report
Published :Wednesday, 6 January, 2016,  Time : 7:24 PM  View Count : 64
After the Supreme Court upheld death for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami today, his lawyer Khandker Mahbub Hossain said they will go for a review following the full verdict.

According to the rules, the full verdict will be sent to the war crimes tribunal first after it is published.

The tribunal, on receiving it, will issue the death warrant and it will be then sent to the prison authorities and the district magistrate.

The jail officials will subsequently read out the warrant to Nizami.

The defence will then have a chance to file a review petition, which will not be equal to an appeal, according to a previous court judgment, within 15 days from the publication of the full verdict.

Once the review petition is resolved and if the death sentence is upheld, the war crimes convict will have the opportunity to seek mercy from the president and meet family members.

If the Jamaat leader declines to seek a review of the verdict or if he is denied pardon, the government then will order the jail authorities to hang him.

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