The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has set July 5 for making its ruling on the government petitions challenging BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s bail in three violence cases granted by the High Court.
A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha set the date after hearing the petitions yesterday. Fakhrul’s counsel Khandker Mahbub Hossain pleaded to the court to uphold the bail, claiming that BNP leader was not involved in any offence and there was no specific allegation against him.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam opposed the High Court’s bail order. He said Fakhrul was charged with instigating criminals to vandalise vehicles and setting those alight.
On June 21, the High Court granted Fakhrul bail in the cases, prompting the prosecution to file separate petitions against the court order.
On Sunday, the Appellate Division upheld the BNP leader’s bail in three other cases after hearing the prosecution’s plea to stay that. On June 18, Fakhrul secured interim bail from the High Court in those cases.
The same bench yesterday upheld the High Court decision to grant BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy bail, lifting the bar to release him from jail.
It vacated an order given by a chamber judge of the Supreme Court that had stayed Goyeshwar’s High Court bail.
On May 6, the High Court granted interim bail to the BNP leader in a case accusing him of plotting subversive activities. The case was filed on December 28, 2014 with Turag police station and was sent to jail after arrest.
On May 24, the chamber judge of the Supreme Court stayed the bail order.
His lawyer Nitai Roy Chowdhury said there was no legal bar to release him from jail as he has secured bail in all of three cases.