The High Court (HC) today upheld the death sentences of SM Siraj Uddoula and Md Shahadat Hossain Shamim in the case lodged over the sensational murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a Madrasa student from Sonagazi in Feni.

The High Court division bench of Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and Justice KM Rasheduzzaman Raja pronounced the judgment after hearing the death reference and jail appeals in the case.

The court also commuted the death sentences of four other convicts to life imprisonment. It also acquitted 10 others, initially sentenced to death by lower court concerned.

The court on July 28, 2026, started its hearing on the matters. Attorney General Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal, Deputy Attorney General Barrister Syed Ejaj Kabir and Assistant Attorney General Rohani Siddiqua took part in the hearing for the state. The court on August 20 set today for pronouncing the judgment.

Feni Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal on October 24, 2019, sentenced all 16 accused in the case to death and fined them Taka one lakh each. 

The case documents were sent to the High Court on October 29, 2019, for it approval.