Photographer Shahidul Alam asked to submit regular petition
On December 14 last, the High Court rejected his petition filed challenging the legality of the case
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Publish : 10 Jan 2022, 11:11 PMUpdate : 10 Jan 2022, 11:11 PM
The Appellate Division on Monday asked photographer Shahidul Alam to submit a regular petition to challenge the High Court’s rejection of his earlier appeal to strike down a case he faces under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
The bench led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order during a hearing on the petition filed by Shahidul against the High Court’s order.
The court asked Shahidul, founder of Drik Gallery, to submit the petition within four weeks.
On December 14 last year, the High Court bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Rajik Al Jalil rejected the writ filed by the photographer challenging the legality of the case and sought a stay on the trial proceedings of the case.
After that, the public prosecutor said there is no legal bar to precede the investigation in the case.
On August 12, 2018, the court directed to send Shahidul to jail in the case filed against him with Ramna police for “spreading propaganda” through Facebook during the student movement seeking safe roads.
He was freed from jail on November 20, two days after the HC granted him bail.
On March 14, 2019, the HC stayed the investigation into the case for three months and issued a rule questioning the legality of the investigation in the case which the court rejected later on December 14.
Photographer Shahidul Alam asked to submit regular petition
On December 14 last, the High Court rejected his petition filed challenging the legality of the case
The Appellate Division on Monday asked photographer Shahidul Alam to submit a regular petition to challenge the High Court’s rejection of his earlier appeal to strike down a case he faces under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
The bench led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order during a hearing on the petition filed by Shahidul against the High Court’s order.
The court asked Shahidul, founder of Drik Gallery, to submit the petition within four weeks.
On December 14 last year, the High Court bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Rajik Al Jalil rejected the writ filed by the photographer challenging the legality of the case and sought a stay on the trial proceedings of the case.
After that, the public prosecutor said there is no legal bar to precede the investigation in the case.
On August 12, 2018, the court directed to send Shahidul to jail in the case filed against him with Ramna police for “spreading propaganda” through Facebook during the student movement seeking safe roads.
He was freed from jail on November 20, two days after the HC granted him bail.
On March 14, 2019, the HC stayed the investigation into the case for three months and issued a rule questioning the legality of the investigation in the case which the court rejected later on December 14.
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