Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
Section 35A
আদালত কর্তৃক তথ্য-প্রযুক্তি ব্যবহার আইন, ২০২০
Sections 3, 4
Penal Code, 1860
Sections 302/34
The present criminal appeal and jail appeal were heard by this Division using virtual means under the provisions of the আদালত কর্তৃক তথ্য-প্রযুক্তি ব্যবহার আইন, ২০২০| The appellant has suffered in the condemned cell for about 13 years and has been suffering for a much longer period in custody, since he faced the trial. He has no previous conviction according to the charge sheet and does not pose any threat to society.
Appellate Division finds substance in the submissions of the learned Counsel for the appellant. Hence, this criminal appeal is dismissed. The sentence of death of the appellant, namely Fazlul Haque Talukder, son of Abdul Aziz Talukder of Village:Poik Khali, Police Station-Bhandaria, District-Pirojpur is commuted to imprisonment for life, and also to pay a fine of Tk. 20,000/-(twenty thousand), in default to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 6(six) months more. He will get the benefit of section 35A of the Code of Criminal Procedure in calculation of his sentence and other remission as admissible under the Jail Code. ...Fazlul Haque Talukder =VS= Deputy Commissioner(DC), Barishal, (Criminal), 2021(2) [11 LM (AD) 418] ....View Full Judgment