Lawyer Shakila's bail stayed for 3 more months

The Supreme Court yesterday extended its stay order on the bail of lawyer Shakila Farjana, accused of financing terrorism, for next three months.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order following two government petitions seeking a stay on the High Court verdict.

Following two separate bail petitions, the HC on February 22 granted bail to Shakila in two cases.

On February 23 following a government petition, the chamber judge of the Appellate Division stayed the HC verdict. The Appellate Division on February 29 extended the chamber judge's order till yesterday.

Shakila along with two other lawyers, Hasanuzzaman Liton and Mahfuz Chowdhury Bapon, were arrested in Dhaka's Dhanmondi area in August last year for their alleged links to funding a Chittagong based militant organisation.

Later, they were shown arrested in the two cases on February 20 last year.

Sagir Hossain Leon, one of the lawyers for Shakila, told The Daily Star that his client cannot get released from jail in next three months following the SC order.