Dhaka: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday sentenced Mohammad Amzad Ali, a member of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), jail unto death after scraping of a High Court verdict that acquitted him of the case for a bomb blast at Lakshmipur Judge’s Court.

A four-member bench of the SC’s Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order after rehearing a petition filed by the state.

Lawyer Delwar Hossain stood for Amzad while deputy attorney general Shashank Shekhor Sarkar represented the state.

Earlier on 6 April, the SC scrapped the High Court judgment that had acquitted Amzad Ali and ordered Amzad’s retrial.

The SC also asked the authorities concerned to shift Amzad Ali to general cell from the condemn cell of the jail.

Besides, the Appellate Division upheld the death sentence of Masumur Rahman alias Masum, another JMB man, in the case.

Miscreants carried out the bomb attack on Lakshmipur District Judge’s Court during working hours on 3 October 2005.

Majibullah, a litigant, was killed and several others, including Judge MA Sufian and bench officer Shafiqullah, were injured in the blast.

Later, a case was filed against JMB member Masumur Rahman alias Masum in this connection.

On 15 August 2006, Lakshmipur Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced three JMB men–Masum, Ataur Rahman Sunny and Amzad Ali–to death in two cases.

Later, the convicts filed an appeal with the High Court against the tribunal’s verdict.

After hearing, an HC bench upheld the death sentence of Masum while acquitted Amzad Ali in the case in 2013.

Later, the state filed an appeal with the Supreme Court against the verdict and the convicts filed petitions seeking acquittal.