The High Court on Thursday granted six weeks anticipatory bail to Khandaker Mustaque Ahmed, a donor member of the Management Committee of Dhaka’s famed Ideal School and College, in a case filed over luring and marrying a student of the institution against her family's wishes.
The High Court bench of Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq passed the order after Mushtaq Ahmed appeared in court and applied for bail.
The court also asked to form a board with experts to determine the age of the student and kept the girl in the safe custody of the Department of Social Services until her age was determined.
The girl confessed to the court that she willingly married Mushtaq Ahmed and she claimed that she is an adult. No one intimidated her to marry him, she said.
However, the petitioner and the state have given conflicting statements about the age of the student. So it is important to determine the age of the student.
Earlier on Wednesday, the High Court refused to hear an anticipatory bail petition by Khandaker Mustaque Ahmed.
A High Court bench of Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman sent back the bail petition filed by the accused in person with the court.
On August 1, the father of a female student of the college section of the institution filed the case with the court of Judge Begum Mafroza Parvin of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-8.
Khandaker Mustaque Ahmed, a donor member of the governing body of Ideal School and College at Motijheel, was made the main accused in the case.
According to the case details, the plaintiff mentioned that his daughter is a student of XI. The accused Mushtaq used to come to the college on various pretexts and used to call the girl to the principal's room.
“In the name of inquiring, the accused made inappropriate advances on the victim. When she did not agree, Mushtaq threatened to pick her up and marry her, and also threatened her family."
