The High Court has stayed the proceedings of two cases against four bloggers for three months.
It also issued a rule seeking an explanation within a period four weeks as to why the cases should not be quashed.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Ullah passed the order after hearing both the sides on petitions that sought annulment of the cases against the bloggers.
Police lodged one case against Asif Mohiuddin while other against Mashiur Rahman Biplob, Subrata Adhikari Shuvo and Rasel Parvez under the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 (as amended in 2013).
SC lawyers Sara Hossain and Jyotirmoy Barua argued for the bloggers while Additional Attorney General Mumtaz Uddin Fakir and Assistant Attorney General Gazi Mamunur Rashid contended for the state.
On September 8, Md Jahurul Haque, senior special judge of Dhaka, framed charges against the four boggers for their alleged involvement in posting demeaning content about Islam and Prophet Muhammad on the internet.
They were also charged for making belittling comments about the prime minister and former home minister Shahara Khatun on social media.
On April 2 last year, Detective Branch (DB) of police nabbed Mashiur, Rasel and Shuvo as suspect under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for “hurting religious sentiments” while Asif was arrested on April 3, over the same charge.