The Supreme Court chamber judge on Wednesday stayed a High Court order that granted bail to expelled union parishad chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu, the main accused in the murder case of Jamalpur journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim.
The bail has been stayed till November 20.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge of the Appellate Division, passed the order following a petition filed by the state seeking stay on the High Court order of bail.
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin represented the state while senior lawyer Md Momtaz Uddin Fakir stood for the accused during the hearing.
The High Court granted six-month bail to expelled union parishad chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu on Monday.
Earlier, A Jamalpur court rejected the bail of six accused, including Mahmudul Alam Babu. Additional District and Sessions Judge Sultan Mahmud rejected their bail pleas.
Nadim, who was seriously injured in an attack allegedly by some supporters of Babu in the Pathati area of Bakshiganj upazila on June 14, died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital the next day.
He was the Jamalpur correspondent for Banglanews24.com and a Bokshiganj upazila correspondent for Ekattor Television. He was also a member of the Jamalpur Press Club.
A case was lodged against 47 people naming now-suspended Sadhurpara union parishad (UP) chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu as the key accused in connection with Nadim's murder.
So far, 16 people have been arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Nadim.