RU student Sifat murder case: SC grants bail to spouse Asif Star Digital Report Star Digital Report The Appellate Division of Supreme Court today granted bail to Mohammad Asif, who was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by a tribunal in a case filed over the death of his wife and Rajshahi University student Wahida Sifat in 2015. The apex court also allowed Mohammad Asif to move an appeal before this court challenging the High Court verdict that scrapped the tribunal's judgment and ordered it (tribunal) to hold retrial of the case. A four-member bench of the division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order following a leave to appeal petition filed by the convict challenging the HC verdict.