The High Court accepted the bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday in an arson case lodged under the Special Powers Act in Comilla in 2015.
Judge KM Shamsul Alam of the District and Session's Judge Court accepted the petition and fixed November 11 for hearing it, said Advocate Kaiyum Haque Rinku, a lawyer of the BNP chief, reports UNB.
On October 3, Senior Judicial Magistrate Biplab Debnath rejected the bail petition of Khaleda Zia in the murder case.
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Eight people were killed and at least 20 others injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bus at Jogmohanpur in Chouddagram upazila during the BNP-led alliance's movement on February 3, 2015.
Two cases--one under the Explosive Substances Act and another for murder -- were filed over the incident.
Sub-inspector Nururzzaman filed the murder case against 77 people, including Khaleda.
October 9, 2017 last, a Comilla court ordered the arrest of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 45 other leaders and activists of her party in the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act over the arson attack.
