ASHUTOSH SARKAR

Twenty-four long years have passed since the bomb blasts at Ramna Batamul during Pahela Baishakh celebrations, yet justice remains out of reach for the victims.

Prolonged legal delays have kept the case pending, with no final verdict delivered.

The 2001 blasts, which shook the nation, left 10 people dead and several others injured.

Now the case remains stuck in legal limbo, despite a trial court sentencing several accused in 2014.

The High Court has yet to deliver a verdict on the appeals and death reference -- required to confirm death sentences -- even though hearings concluded on February 18 this year.

Earlier, legal complications delayed the hearing and disposal of the convicts’ appeals and the death reference, as several High Court benches declined to hear the case for various reasons, and the state repeatedly sought adjournments.

On February 18, the HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasreen Akter wrapped up “The

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