"Bangladesh will be required to establish that there is a prima facie case against Mr Mueen-Uddin," said lawyer Toby Cadman in a statement to AFP. "They will also be required to give an undertaking that Mr Mueen-Uddin will not receive the death penalty."

The court also indicted Ashrafuzzaman Khan, a United States citizen, on the same charges as Mr Mueen-Uddin today.