The prosecution in the Aug 21 grenade attack has concluded presenting its arguments in the two cases over the 2004 attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka and its verdict set for Oct 10.
Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Judge Shahed Nuruddin set the date for verdict after hearing the closing arguments at a packed courtroom.
The judge also scrapped bail for eight people accused in the case and ordered them to be sent to jail immediately, until the delivery of verdict.

The attack was carried out on an Awami League rally at Bangabandhu Avenue during the BNP-Jamaat’s regime.
The then-leader of the opposition Sheikh Hasina was the leading speaker at the rally.
She was stepping off the truck, which was being used as a dais when the assailants hurled the grenades into the rally. Investigators said later that 13 to 14 grenades were detonated on the day.
Among the 24 people killed in the blasts was Bangladesh Mohila Awami League president Ivy Rahman, wife of senior Awami League leader Zillur Rahman, who was later to be elected the country’s president. The attack left Sheikh Hasina with hearing problems.
Late Dhaka mayor Mohammad Hanif was among over 500 injured in the explosions.
On Monday (Sept 17), Chief prosecutor Syed Rezaur Rahman concluded their arguments. Defence counsels advocate Mainuddin and advocate SM Shahjahan then placed arguments on legal points and rebuttal and expected to conclude their part of arguments on Tuesday.
The prosecution also pleaded to scrap bails of eight defendants as the trials are at its final stages.
The total number of the accused in the cases is 52. Of them, three including Mufti Abdul Hannan have been executed in other cases and their names have been dropped. Of the 49 accused, 18 are yet to be arrested and being tried in absentia.
Of the accused, 23 including former state minister Lutfuzzaman Babar and deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu are in jail. A total of 225 prosecution witnesses have been examined in the cases.