Judge Quamrul Hossain Mollah of the Fifth Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court gave the verdict in presence of the convict Ferdous.

The convict can appeal to the High Court against the verdict in seven days, the judgement said.

The victim's mother Arju Begum, wife Runu Islam and his son Ontar Islam were present in the court during the delivery of the verdict. They expressed their satisfaction with judgement.

Earlier, the prosecution and the defence completed their arguments and the court recorded statements of 16 prosecution witnesses.

The prosecution story in brief is that Ferdous knifed the victim to death at about 4:30am on September 10 in 2001 at the victim's Jantrial residence under Nawabganj upazila in Dhaka district in sequel to a previous enmity.

Following the incident, victim's wife Runu Islam filed a murder case accusing Ferdous the same day. The investigation officer (IO) of the case pressed charges against Ferdous on March 22 in 2001 showing 18 people as prosecution witnesses.

The court framed charges against the accused on November 10 the same year and the trial was completed in 27 working days.

District Public Prosecutor Mohammad Mohsin Miah appeared for the state while Advocate Gurudayal defended the accused.