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According to the court order, the family of the late Johnny will receive this compensation money. If this money is not released, there is no opportunity to appeal in Superior Court against the life sentence handed down by the judge.
SI Zahid’s lawyer, Farooq Ahmed, deposited Taka 200,000 in compensation with the Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday with the permission of Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayes.
Later, Farooq told bdnews24.com: “We have deposited Tk 2 lakh as compensation according to the court order. We will now appeal against the sentence.”
Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayesh delivered the verdict on 9 September. He sentenced three policemen, including SI Zahid, to life imprisonment. He was also fined Tk 1 lakh and another six months in prison for non-payment.
Besides SI Zahid, the other two policemen are ASI Rashedul Islam from the Pallabi Police Station and ASI Kamruzzaman Mintu.
In addition to the fine, each of the accused was asked to pay two lakh rupees to the victim’s family within two weeks. Then it was said that no appeal could be made without compensation.
Ishtiaq Hossain Johnny
Russell and Sumon, the other two defendants in the case, were sentenced to seven years in rigorous prison and a fine of 20,000 taka.
This is the first verdict in the country in any case under the Torture and Death in Custody (Prevention) Act of 2013. And the punishment given to the three police officers is the maximum punishment under this law.
On the night of February 8, 2014, Johnny was taken to the Pallabi Police Station and tortured by a man named Billal in the Iranian camp in Mirpur-11 sector. He was rushed to the National Heart Foundation Hospital in Dhaka, where doctors pronounced him dead.
Johnny’s brother, Imtiaz Hossain Rocky, brought the case under the ‘Prevention of Torture and Death in Police Custody Act’ in the Dhaka Metropolitan Court of Judges for Sessions on August 8 of that year.
Following the verdict, the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge said: “Three friends of the victim are eyewitnesses to the case. They testified in court that the victim was spat in his face when he asked for water during torture. It is not just a violation of the law, it is a serious violation of human rights. “
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