The court, at the same time, sentenced accused Mohammad Ali Munna to life term  imprisonment and Iftekhar Jhalak to jail until death.

A three-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order on Tuesday.

According to the case statement, on May 23, 2008, the accused took Apu’s brother Arifur Rahman Khan Setu, son of Advocate Rais Uddin, to the playground of Silverdale School from a house in Wari under Sutrapur police station.

On information, Setu’s brothers Apu and Atiqur Rahman Khan Bappi went there and the accused shot them indiscriminately.

Later, locals took the injured to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the on-duty doctors declared Apu dead. The other two brothers survived but were paralyzed.

The victim’s sister Atia Khan Keya filed a murder case with Sutrapur Police Station mentioning the name of seven people.
Inspector Maksudur Rahman of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police submitted the charge sheet against the seven accused on August 31, 2008.

One of the accused, Atiq Ahmed Shiplu, was acquitted.

Then the death reference was sent to the High Court as per the rules.

The High Court on May 7, 2018, upheld the death penalty of the two accused in the murder case.