The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed the High Court order that granted bail to lawyer Shakila Farzana in two cases filed over financing militant organisation Shaheed Hamza Brigade (SHB).
A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha stayed the bail until March 20 on Monday morning.
Earlier, the Supreme Court stayed the bail until February 29 following a petition filed by the state on February 23.
On February 22, the High Court granted bail to Supreme Court lawyer Shakila Farzana in two cases.
Shakila was arrested on August 18 last year from outside her chamber along with two of her associates. The trio claimed that they had deposited money to an account which was taken as advance and that they were unaware of the owner of the account.
The account is owned by Moniruzzaman Don, a top leader of militant group Shahid Hamza Brigade now in jail.
RAB said that the Chittagong-based group was formed in November, 2013 by former members of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, Hefazat-e-Islam and other militant groups.
Shakila is the incumbent joint general secretary of the Supreme Court wing of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, a pro-BNP lawyers’ body. She is the daughter of Syed Wahidul Alam, a former BNP whip and lawmaker from Chittagong during 2001-06 tenure.
