The High Court has granted bail to three young men, who were sentenced to death for killing Barguna youth Rifat Sharif.
A two-judge HC bench passed the order on Monday.
These three minors are among the four convicts who were given five years of jail term each in the murder case.
On September 30 of last year, Rifat’s wife Ayesha Siddique Minni and five others were sentenced to death for killing him in broad daylight last year. Four others were acquitted.
On October 27, 11 juveniles were sentenced to different jail terms in the case. The court sentenced six of them to 10 years in jail, four to five years and one to three years’ imprisonment.
The court acquitted three others as charges brought against them could not be proven.
According to the prosecution, Rifat, 22, son of Dulal Sharif, was hacked to death in Barguna district town on June 26 last year.
He was attacked near the main gate of Barguna Government College. Surveillance camera footage showed his wife Minni apparently trying to save him.
Twenty-four people were accused in the murder case filed by Rifat’s father. Minni, initially named as a witness, was later arrested on July 16 last year and made an accused.
Sabbir Ahmed alias Nayon Bond, the main accused, was killed in an alleged gunfight with police on July 2.
