The High Court yesterday rejected a plea made by Sanzida who sought to scrap a case against her on accusations of abducting a girl whom she reportedly “married.”
Sanzida and Shrabanti Roy Puja, who was allegedly abducted, came to Dhaka from Pirojpur on July 14 last year. Puja’s father Krishnakanti Shil on July 20 registered a case with Pirojpur sadar police station claiming that her daughter had been abducted.
The two were picked up by the law enforcers on July 24. Later, in April this year, a lower court framed charges against Sanzida in the case.
Sanzida, assisted by the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), filed a plea on July 6 under the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking the High Court order to annul the case against her.
Petitioner’s lawyer Jyotirmoy Barua yesterday told the court that Puja had not been abducted rather the two girls came to Dhaka upon consent, “thus the case is not tenable as per relevant law.”
In reply, the bench of Justice Md Shawkat Hossain and Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam said the trial court would decide on the matter of consent.
The High Court could not weigh in evidence, thus the petition was rejected, the bench ordered.