HC sets Jan 3 for rule hearing on Fakhrul’s bail
Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Sunday fixed January 3 in 2024 to hold the hearing on its rule regarding granting bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in connection with a case filed over the attack on the residence of the Chief Justice on October 28.
The High Court bench of Justice Md Salim and Justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the order after Fakhrul’s lawyers led by Zainul Abedin prayed to the court for holding hearing on the matter as an “urgent case”.
Lawyer Sagir Hossain Leon, also a lawyer for Mirza Fakhrul, said they prayed to the court to hold the hearing on Monday, December 18. However, the court deferred it saying that the hearing might be not concluded in a single day remaining before the next annual vacation of the SC starting since December 19.
On December 7, the HC bench refused to grant him bail, but issued a rule asking the state to explain in seven days as to why Fakhrul should not be granted bail in the case. The state was asked to comply with the rule within one week.
The HC bench issued the rule following a bail petition filed by Fakhrul. Earlier on December 3, Fakhrul filed the bail petition with the HC through his lawyers, saying that he was not involved in the vandalism of the Chief Justice’s residence in any manner.
Lawyers of Mirza Fakhrul on January 14 mentioned the issue in the HC bench for hearing. However, the HC bench said that it will fix date for hearing the rule on December 17. Accordingly, the matter came to the cause-list on Sunday for hearing.
The case was filed with the Ramna Model Police Station on October 29 this year on charge of attack on the residence of the Chief Justice in Kakrail during a clash on October 28. The Detective Branch of police on the same day detained Fakhrul from his Gulshan residence around 9:25am.
On that day, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rashidul Alam sent him to jail, rejecting his bail prayer. Later the petition was filed with the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s court. Judge (in charge) of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court in Dhaka, Faisal Atiq Bin Quader, on November 22 rejected his bail petition in the case.
