The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the bail granted by the High Court to BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three cases of violence filed with the capital’s Paltan police station.
The Appellate division’s order will finally clear legal bars for the BNP acting secretary general Fakhrul to be released from jail.
The four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha upheld Fakhrul’s bail order, said his counsel Sabir Hossain Leon.
On Nov 24, the HC granted Fakhrul a three-month bail in three cases after resolving a previous rule over bail. Later the state moved to the SC’s chamber judge challenging the order.
The chamber judge forwarded the appeal to the appeal bench for hearing.
During the hearing yesterday Additional Attorney General M Momtajuddin Fakir stood for the state and Joynul Abedin represented Fakhrul.