Narayanganj Santrash Nirmul Mancha Convener Rafiur Rabbi yesterday secured bail from the Supreme Court in a cheque forgery case.
Supreme Court Chamber Judge Justice Mirza Husain Haider passed the order after holding hearing on a leave-to-appeal. Rabbi, father of slain schoolboy Tanvir Mohammad Twoki, would be on bail until January 5 next year.
Rafiur challenged the High Court verdict that on February 15 upheld his one-year imprisonment in the case and also prayed for bail, said Rafiur’s lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan.
A regular bench of the Appellate Division will hear the leave-to-appeal plea on January 5 next year.
A Narayanganj court on Tuesday sent Rabbi to jail upon surrender in the case. He moved the leave-to-appeal plea the next day.
Last year, the cultural activist was sentenced to one-year imprisonment in the case, filed in 2012 by Jalal Uddin Ahmed, the uncle-in-law of Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman, and fined Tk2.10 crore.
Of the amount, he was asked to pay Tk1.4 crore to the plaintiff and Tk70 lakh to the government exchequer.
Rabbi, also the Narayanganj unit convener of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, Rabbi filed an appeal with the High Court against the verdict and submitted Tk35 lakh.
On February 15, the High Court rejected his plea and sent all relevant documents to the district court. The documents reached the court on March 13 and the court asked Rabbi to surrender.
