Fakhrul's bail: HC orders lower court to hear petitions in 9 cases
The High Court on Monday directed Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court to hear bail petitions of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in nine cases filed over October 28 incidents and dispose those cases.
The court also issued a rule, asking the state to explain as to why not disposing of his bail petitions should not be declared illegal.
The HC bench comprising Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Atabullah issued the order.
Advocate Joynul Abedin and adv Sagir Hossain Leon were in the court for Fakhul and deputy attorney general Tushar Kanti Roy stood for the state.
On Thursday, Fakhul submitted a writ petition seeking directives from the High Court to dispose of his 10 cases upon acceptance of bail petitions.
Of the cases, seven were filed with Paltan police station and the rest with Raman police station following the violence over the BNP's grand rally in Dhaka on October 28.
The cases are under trial at the CMM court while Fakhul was also shown arrested in case after the writ petition was submitted.
Earlier on December 12, bail petitions were submitted to the CMM court in the 10 cases but the court rejected it.
Following this, the BNP leader moved the HC seeking directives in this regard.
On October 29, police filed a case with Ramna Police Station on charges of vandalism and attack on the Chief Justice's residence during a BNP rally on October 28.
Fakhrul was arrested in the case on October 29 and has been in jail since then.
Ex-DU student shot dead in US
Dhaka ending 2023 with worst air quality in the world
Karwan Bazar, Shahbagh metro stations open to public
Two held with foreign pistols in city
15 hurt in AL factional clash during Ferdous's polls campaign
Moderate to thick fog likely over country
Messages being sent from London to conduct assassinations: Quader
JSD-Inu announces election manifesto