Ramisa rape-murder: High Court accepts appeals by Sohel, wife for hearing

The High Court has accepted jail appeals filed by Sohel
Rana and his wife Swapna Akter, who were sentenced to death by a tribunal for
the rape and murder of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter in Dhaka's Pallabi.
A
High Court bench comprising Justice Mohammad Ali and Justice Md Saiful Islam
passed the order today (14 June).
The
two had filed jail appeals with the High Court against their death
sentences handed down by the tribunal in the child rape and murder case.
Earlier, the death reference containing all case records in connection with the
death sentences was sent to the High Court for review.
On
7 June, Judge Masrur Saleqin of the Dhaka Metropolitan Child Violence
Suppression Tribunal delivered the verdict in the case.
In
its judgment, the tribunal said that under Section 368 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, the convicts are to be hanged by the neck until death.
It
also said that under Section 374 of the same code, the death sentences can be
carried out only after confirmation by the High Court.
The
tribunal additionally fined Sohel Tk5 lakh and Swapna Tk2 lakh.
It
directed that the fines be paid to Ramisa's legal heirs.
















