Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to Advocate Nahid Sultana Juthi in a case filed in connection with violence centering the recent Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) polls.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Ahammed of Dhaka CMM Court passed the order on Sunday after Advocate Juthi surrendered before the court and pleaded for bail in the case.
Assistant Attorney General Shaifour Rahman Siddique Saif, who was allegedly physically assaulted during the counting of ballots of the election, filed the case on March 8 against 20 people including lawyer Nahid Sultana Juthi and former SCBA Secretary Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal and 30-40 more unnamed people.
The complainant in the case accused Juthi and others of forcing the Election Commissioner to declare the result without even completing the counting of ballots, snatching an iPhone and cash from his pocket, attacking and assaulting him with rod, stick and chair.
The other accused people are- Advocates Md Zakir Hossain Masud, Shakila Rousan, Qazi Bashir Ahmed, Barrister Osman, Advocates Arif, Sumon, Tushar, Robiul, Barrister Choudhury Moushumi Fatema, Saidur Rahman Jewel, Oliur, Joydeb Nandi, Main Uddin Rana, Moshiur Rahman Suman, Kamal Hossain, Aslam Raiyan, Torikul and Adv Sohagh.
