HC sentences BNP leader Habib to five months jail

Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Wednesday sentenced BNP leader and former lawmaker Habibur Rahman Habib to five months jail in connection with a contempt of court charge, filed against him for making a derogatory comment about the Judge who sentenced BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two corruption cases. The HC also fined him Tk 2000.

The HC bench of Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman and Justice Md Bashir Ullah passed the order after hearing on the contempt charge.

The HC said, “Habibur Rahman has given a wrong message to the countrymen. He has humiliated the judiciary.

In this circumstance, the court cannot close its eyes. Burying the court means burying the country.”

In response to a court’s question, Mr Habibur Rahman said, “I swear that I have given this statement (remarks for which he was given sentence).

I am ready to give my liver, kidney and even my life for my loving political mother Begum Khaleda Zia. I am not afraid of my 100 years jail sentence for her.”

Lawyers Fazlur Rahman, AM Mahbub Uddin Khokan, Ruhul Quddus Kazal, Kamrul Islam Sajal, Syed Mamun Mahbub, Jamiul Hoque Faisal and others represented Habibur Rahman during the court preceedings.