On the night of Aug 13 that year, shoe salesman Alamgir Hossain was stabbed when three men tried to mug him in the city’s Shyampur area.
The victim’s family started a case and in November of the same year, police pressed charges against three.
On Thursday, Dhaka’s special sessions judge convicted 26-year-old Jony, 20-year-old Hasan alias Kalu and 27-year-old Monir Hossain.
Jony was present in court during the verdict while the others went into hiding after securing bail.