The convicts are ex-husband Badsha Miah alias Lal Badsha and his brother Mohammad Ali, sons of late Abdul Hamid, and Khokan Miah, son of Mohammad Ali, and Shahjahan, son of Sumon Bepari, of Ghaserdia.

Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of the Fifth Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court handed down the sentence in their absence.

The court also acquitted Abdur Rahman and Afsar Uddin, as the charges brought against them were not proved.

The punishment of the fugitives will be effective from the day of their arrest or surrender, the judge said.

Earlier, the prosecution and the defence completed their arguments and the court recorded statements of 23 prosecution witnesses.

According to the prosecution, a gang of miscreants led by Lal Badsha called Mazeda Begum out of her house at Maniknagar in Savar at about 8:00pm on June 1 and killed her as she married another person when Lal Badhsa was abroad.

A murder case was filed with Savar Police Station accusing Lal Badsha and five others the same day.