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The High Court today said an innocent person serving jail sentence instead of a convicted one for the sake of money is unfortunate. The bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim made the observation during hearing an appeal filed by a Kulsuma Akhter, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case, challenging her conviction handed by a
Minu Akhter, who has been serving in prison for three years instead of the convicted Kulsuma Akhter in a case filed over the killing of one Kohinur Begum in Chattogram in 2006, awaits a High Court ruling on her unjust circumstances. An HC bench led by Justice Enayetur Rahim was scheduled to deliver its order on April 5 on the issue but its jurisdiction was reconstituted due to
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The High Court today set April 5 for delivering an order on the issue of a woman serving in prison instead of a convict in Chattogram.
Minu Akhter, now 33, from Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram, has been in jail since 2018 instead of convicted Kulsuma Akhter, from Lohagora upazila of the same district, in a case filed for killing Kohinur Begum.
Today, the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman set the date for passing an order after holding a hearing on the matter.