<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A Joypurhat court on Monday sentenced five to death with fined of Tk 50, 000 each in a case over the killing of a man in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat district around 14 years back.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Joypurhat Additional Sessions Judge Court Judge Md Nurul Islam passed the order in the presence of four out of the five convicts, said the court’s public prosecutor Nependranath Mandal.</div><div><br></div><div>The convicts are Sahida Begum, her son Rabbani, Mozaffar Hossain, Amina Begum and her son Rafiul Islam, hailing from Koktara village of the upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>All the convicts except Amina were on the dock during the delivery of the judgment.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also acquitted four people as the allegations brought against them were not found to be true.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the case statement, all the nine accused-equipped with lethal arms attacked neighbour Abu Taher over previous enmity&nbsp; on March 25, 2010, leaving him injured, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>The victim succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital after a few days of the attck.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the deceased’s father Abu Hossain filed a case accusing nine people with the Panchbibi police station.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>