The High Court has scrapped a petition of former superintendent of police (SP) Babul Akter, pleading for bail in a case lodged over the murder of his wife, Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.
"Not pressed," reads the order passed by the High Court division bench comprising Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justice Shahed Nuruddin on Tuesday.
Senior Advocate Munsurul Haque Chowdhury and Advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir moved the plea for Babul, while Additional Attorney General Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury and Deputy Attorney General Sujit Chatterjee Bappi stood for the state.
Babul's counsel said the plea will be produced before another bench of the High Court.
Judge Md Jasim Uddin of Chittagong Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court 3 on March 13, 2023 framed charges against seven, including Mitu's husband, Babul Akter, in the murder case.
The other accused in the case are Motaleb Miah alias Wasim, Anwar Hossain, Ehteshamul Haque Bhola, Shahjahan Miah, Kamrul Islam Shikder Musa and Khairul Islam.
Afterwards, Babul filed a petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of the Chittagong court's indictment order.
The High Court on May 9, 2023, however, scrapped that petition.
The Police Bureau of Investigation on September 13, 2021 pressed charges against the seven. The court on October 10, 2021 accepted it.
Mahmuda Khanam Mitu was murdered in the GEC Intersection area of Chittagong on June 5, 2016.