SC upholds Anjan Chowdhury’s bail

Staff Reporter :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a High Court order that granted anticipatory bail to Anjan Chowdhury, one of the key stakeholders of the Square Group, for six weeks in a case filed on charge of hoarding 4812 tons of extra aromatic rice in a warehouse at Gopalganj Bazar in Dinajpur Sadar upazila.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the state against the High Court order.
Lawyers Momtaz Uddin Fakir and Sayed Ahmed Raja appeared in the court hearing on behalf of Anjan Chowdhury, while additional Attorney General Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury represented the state.
Earlier on June 6 this year, a High Court bench granted anticipatory bail to Anjan Chowdhury for six weeks in the case.
The High Court bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the order after hearing an anticipatory bail petition filed by Anjan Chowdhury.
A mobile court run by the upazila administration of Dinajpur Sadar on June 1 this year launched an operation and found hoarding of 5,124 tons of aromatic rice in a warehouse of the Square Food and Beverage Limited. But the company has permission to stock only 312 tons of rice which means they stock paid extra 4812 tons of rice.
Later Biplob Kumar Singh Roy, Food Control Officer of Dinajpur Sadar, filed a case with Dinajpur Police Station against Square Food and Beverage Limited’s owner Aanjan Chowdhury and another one for hoarding extra 4,812 tons rice.