The High Court has set May 8 to deliver judgment on the death references, appeals and jail appeals of the convicts in the much-talked Ramna Batamul blast case.
The order was issued by Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasrin Akter on Wednesday.
Mohammad Shishir Monir stood for the accused.
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 explosives—were filed with Ramna Police Station after the incident. Dhaka's Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge ruled on June 23, 2014, in a murder case involving the bomb attack.
Eight people, including Mufti Hannan, the top leader of Harkatul Jihad (Huji), were sentenced to death and six to life imprisonment. However, Mufti Hannan was hanged on April 12, 2017, in a conviction over another grenade attack in Sylhet.
The hearing of death references and appeals of the convicts ended on February 18 this year.
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