National cricket team paceman Rubel Hossain has was granted four weeks of anticipatory bail in the case filed by actress Naznin Akhter Happy under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
Earlier, he filed a bail petition with the High Court in a repression of women case.
The cricketer filed the petition with the bench of Justice AB Mahmudul Haque and Justice Akram Hossain on Monday afternoon.
Deputy Attorney General Dr Mohammad Bashirullah told the Dhaka Tribune that the hearing on the bail petition would be held later in the day.
Actress Naznin Akhter Happy filed the case against Rubel with Mirpur police on Saturday under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
According to the FIR, Rubel told Happy that they would marry and had an affair that included physical relations for the last nine months. The couple was together as recently as December 1.
Happy, the heroine of “Kichhu Asha Kichhu Bhalobasa,” said they first met through friends and then stayed in touch via Facebook and mobile telephone.
“We had an affair and he used me,” she said. “If he marries me, then I will withdraw the case.”