The lone accused Jewel pleaded not guilty and demanded justice before the court when the Judge Shahed Noor Uddin of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 read out the charges against him.

The cases, one under the Arms Act and other one under Explosive Substances Act, were filed on January 9 last year.

Police recovered huge arms, ammunition and bomb-making materials from a depository of outlawed JMB at village Dakkhin Khan under Joydevpur Police Station in Gazipur on January 8 this year.

The cache includes three kilograms of gunpowder, one pistol, two country-made shooter guns, one foreign-made shooter gun, 16 bullets, five cartridges and three knives.

Following the confessional statement of Jewel, Gazipur police raided a graveyard and seized the arms. The weapons were buried in an abandoned grave.