Latif Siddique gets bail in 10 more cases

The High Court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to former minister Abdul Latif Siddique in more 10 cases filed for hurting people's religious sentiment.

The court also stayed proceedings of the cases for six months and issued separate rules asking the government to explain as to why those proceedings should not be scrapped.

The court came up with the orders and rules after hearing separate petitions moved by Latif challenging the legality of those cases.

Among the 28 cases Latif was implicated in, now, the former minister has bail pending in 11.

A defence lawyer, however, requesting anonymity told The Daily Star that his client might be released from jail since there was no arrest warrant against Latif in the remaining cases.

Latif at a programme in the USA on September 28 last year allegedly demeaned Hajj, Tablig Jamaat and the prime minister's son.

On May 26 this year, the HC granted him bail in seven cases.