A derailed carriage of a Dhaka-bound Panchagarh Express train was recovered and put back onto the tracks, allowing operations to resume
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Johurul Haque issued the order on Thursday.
Shoaib’s brother Sohel Choudhury told bdnews24.com they would move the High Court against the sentence.
The case was filed on Jan 24, 2004 with the Airport Station.
The immigration police had detained Shoaib on Nov 29, 2003 on his way to Israel with a copy of a speech to be presented at a seminar titled ‘Education towards Culture of Peace’.
Later, the Airport Police Station OC Md Abdul Hanif filed the case charging Shoaib with sedition and hurting religious sentiment.