The High Court today fixed January 23 for delivering its verdict on the death reference and appeals in sensational Zubair Ahmed murder case in 2012.

The HC bench of justice Bhabani Prasad Singha and Justice Mustafa Zaman Islamfixed the date for delivering the verdict after concluding the hearing on the death references and appeals.

Zubair Ahmed, an honours final year student of English, was tortured and stabbed allegedly by some activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on January 8, 2012. He succumbed to his injuries in a Dhaka hospital on the following day.

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5 Years Since Zubair Killing: Convicted killers 'free as bird'

When a lower court sentences death to an accused in a case, the judgment and relevant documents reached the High Court as a death reference in seven days for examining the verdict.

A Dhaka court on February 8, 2015 sentenced five accused to death and six others to life imprisonment for the killing.

Later, the accused filed separate appeals with the HC challenging the lower court verdict.

The HC started hearing on the death reference and the appeal on January 2, 2018.