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Six of the 14 minors charged in the Barguna Rifat Sharif murder case have been sentenced to 10 years in prison, four to five years, one to three years and the remaining three to life imprisonment. Judge of the Barguna Juvenile Court on Tuesday at half past twelve. Hafizur Rahman announced the verdict.
When reviewing the verdict, the court said that the accused minor had gone astray due to a lack of family, moral and basic education. If these convicts do not receive exemplary punishment, the number of crimes committed by minors in the country will continue to increase. The court also mentioned the need to increase the punishment for juvenile delinquency. The court also cited the immoral and reckless life of Ayesha Siddique Minni, the wife of the murdered Rifat Sharif and an adult defendant in the case, as the main reason for the brutal murder.
The defendant in the case. Rashidul Hasan Rishan Faraji, Md. Rakibul Hasan Rifat Hawladar, Maryland Abu Abdullah Raihan, Md. Waliullah Oli, Maryland Naeem and Tanvir Hossain have been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Joychandra Sarkar Chandan, Md. Nazmul Hasan, Rakibul Hasan Niyamat, Syed Maruf Billah alias Mahibullah have been sentenced to five years in prison. Prince Mollah has been sentenced to three years in prison. The other three defendants in the case Maruf Mallick, Ratul Sikder Joy and Aryan Hossain Shravan have been acquitted.
The prosecutor in the case and the prosecutor (PP) of the Barguna Mostafizur Juvenile Court Rahman Babul said: “The trial has been completed in only 63 working days. The rule of law was established in the verdict. He further added that the verdict would give hope. to the people.
On the other hand, the defendants’ lawyers said they were not satisfied with the verdict. They will go to the higher court.
Golam Mostafa Quader, a lawyer in the case, said the court had made several observations in its review of the verdict, citing the need to increase the punishment of juvenile offenders to reduce juvenile delinquency in the country. He said the court’s observation was that the teenagers had gone astray due to a lack of family, moral and basic education. Without its exemplary punishment, the number of juvenile delinquency in the country will increase. The court also cited the immoral and reckless lifestyle of Ayesha Siddique Minni, wife of the murdered Rifat Sharif, as the main reason for the brutal murder.
After hearing the arguments of the two parties in the case on October 14, the judge said. Hafizur Rahman set the verdict on Tuesday. Rifat was assassinated in front of Barguna Government College on June 26 of last year. On September 1 of that year, the police reported the case to the court, dividing the defendants into two groups, adults and minors. Of these, 10 are adults and 14 are minors.
On January 8, the Barguna Juvenile Court brought charges against 14 minors charged in the Rifat murder case. Testimony against the 14 defendants began on January 13. A total of 84 witnesses have testified in the case.
Earlier, on September 30, the Barguna district and session judge announced the verdict of the 10 adults accused in the case. Ashaduzzaman. The verdict ordered the execution of six people, including Rifat’s wife, Minni. The other four were acquitted.
Rifat Sharif was shot dead by a ‘Bond Bahini’ gang in front of Barguna Government College on the morning of June 26 last year. Video of the murder spread through social media, sparking a storm of criticism across the country. Rifat Sharif died at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital that afternoon while undergoing treatment. The number one defendant in the murder case, Nayan Bond, was killed in a shooting and was acquitted.
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