698 children held on criminal charges bailed in 45 days

A total of 698 children accused of criminal cases have secured bail, and among them 685 were handed over to their guardians after they got released from custody in 45 working days between May 12 and July 16.

Around 840 children detained in criminal charges were staying in three juvenile development centres till July 16, Supreme Court Spokesman Md Saifur Rahman said in a statement.

According to the statement, the lower courts across the country have heard and disposed of total of 1,20,904 bail petitions and granted bail to 60,047 people including the 698 children.

The courts have granted bail to 5,730 people after disposing of total 13,867 bail petitions in last week (from July 12 to July 16).

The SC statement also said the subordinate courts concerned have disposed of surrender related petitions of the accused in 5,319 criminal cases and granted bail to 17,590 accused from July 12 to July 16 and sent 1,174 accused to jails.