The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has sentenced deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina andformer Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to death in the much-anticipated case over crimes against humanity involving the last year`s July Mass Uprising.

A three-member bench of the ICT-1, led by Justice Golam Mortuza, pronounced the judgement on Monday in presence of co-accused former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.

Hasina andAsaduzzaman are fugitive, while Mamun, a state witness, is under police custody.

The tribunal also ordered to confiscate the properties of Hasina and Asaduzzaman in favour of the state.

This is the first judgement in the July uprising case.

According to the tribunal judgement, Sheikh Hasina was sentenced in two charges, while Asaduzzaman was sentenced in one charge.

As Mamun is the approver, he awarded five-year jail sentences.

The 453-page verdict consists of six parts, said one of the judges of the panel while stating the preamble of the verdict.He also said, there is no scope under the law to raise a question over the jurisdiction of the ICT.

The Awami League government fell on August 5, 2024, amid the uprising of the students and mass people.