The High Court on Wednesday accepted the jail appeals of 17 death-row convicts in Buet student Abrar Fahad killing case.
The High Court bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Rajik Al Jalil accepted the jail appeals for hearing.
The court said the jail appeals will be heard along with the death references.
Deputy Attorney General KM Masud Rumi was present at the time.
On January 6, the death references of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad murder case reached the High Court for examining the lower court verdict.
On December 8 last year, a Dhaka court sentenced 20 young men to death and five others to life imprisonment for killing Abrar in October, 2019.
According to the prosecution Abrar, the second-year student of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Buet, was beaten to death by Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders at Sher-e-Bangla Hall in 2019.
On October 7, an FIR for murder was lodged at the Chawkbazar police station against 19 people, following a complaint from Abrar’s father Barkat Ullah.
On November 13, 2019, Detective Branch (DB) inspector and investigation officer of the case Wahiduzzaman submitted a chargesheet against the 25 accused.
On September 15, 2020, the court framed charges against the accused. The court recorded statements of 47 of the 60 witnesses in the case.
