DHAKA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- A High Court Division Bench in Bangladesh on Monday upheld death sentence for 139 convicts and life imprisonment for 185 others of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), previously known as Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), for a 2009 mutiny which left 74 people dead, including 57 officers from the army.
The division bench of Justice Nazrul Islam, Justice Shawkat Hossain and Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique delivered the verdict.
The High Court division also upheld jail terms ranging from three to 10 years to 196 border guards.
A total of 850 people, including 823 BDR jawans and 23 civilians, were accused in the case.
Of the accused, 813 were detained, 13 were on bail, 20 were on the run while four died in custody.
It was not known immediately whether any of the civilians accused in the case was awarded death sentence.
