The Barguna Juvenile Court on Tuesday jailed six juveniles for 10 years each, four for five years, one for three years and acquitted three in the Rifat Sharif murder case.

Judge Hafizur Rahman of the court announced the verdict against 14 juvenile accused in the case.

Rifat, 25, was hacked to death at broad daylight in front of Barguna Government College on June 26, 2019.

The murder triggered widespread protests after a video had gone viral on social media.

The juveniles are among 24 people, including Rifat Sharif’s widow Ayesha Siddiqua Minni, who were accused in the murder case.

On September 2, 2019 investigation officer Humayun Kabir, an inspector at Barguna Sadar police station, filed two charge sheets with the Barguna Senior Judicial Magistrate’s Court in the case — one naming 10 adults aged above 18, including the victim’s widow Ayesha Siddika Minni, and the other against 14 juveniles aged below 18.

On September 30, the Barguna District and Sessions Judge’s Court sentenced six people, including Minni, to death for killing Rifat Sharif.

The court also acquitted four of the accused — Md Musa, 22, Rafiul Islam Rabbi, 20, Md Sagar, 19, and Kamrul Hasan Saymun, 21, as the allegation against them could not be proved.