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Death row inmate Minni applies for bail again in the High Court Minni
Collected Minni surrounded by police in the court

Death row inmate Minni applies for bail again in the High Court

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 08 May 2023, 10:50 pm

Dhaka, May 8: Ayesha Siddika Minni, the accused who was sentenced to death in Barguna's controversial Rifat Sharif murder case and Rifat's wife, has applied for bail again in the Minni High Court. This application has been made in the concerned branch of the High Court.

Earlier, on January 11 this year, a bench comprising Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Biswajit Debnath of the High Court dropped Minni's bail application from the agenda. After that, the application was made again on Monday.

Judge Md. Asaduzzaman of District and Sessions Court of Barguna announced the verdict in this case on September 30, 2020. In the verdict, the court sentenced 6 of the 10 adult accused to death. In addition, 6 accused were also sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand taka. The remaining 4 were acquitted.

Later, as per the rules, the death reference reached the High Court on October 4 of the same year to approve the death sentence of the 6 accused. Besides, on October 6, Minni and other accused filed an appeal.

Lawyers said that when the trial court sentences the accused to death in a criminal case, the approval of the High Court is required for the execution of that sentence. For this, the concerned judicial court sent all the documents of the case to the High Court under Section 374 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which is known as a death reference. After receiving the document, the death reference wing of the High Court scrutinized and prepared the paper book of the respective case. When the paper book is prepared the case is deemed to be ready for hearing.

However, in case of some cases, paper books are prepared on priority basis on the instructions of the Chief Justice.

Minni applied for bail while this appeal was pending.

On June 26, 2019, around 10:30 am, Nayan Bond and Rifat Faraji's accomplices hacked Rifat Sharif in front of his wife Minni in front of Calyx Academy on Barguna Government College Road. Rifat was taken to Barguna General Hospital in critical condition. Later he was admitted to Barisal Sher Bangla Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment. Rifat died while undergoing treatment there.