SC upholds HC bail to Mahmudur in two cases

19 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday upheld two High Court orders granting bail to detained Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of the daily Amar Desh, in two criminal cases. Chamber Judge of the SC's Appellate Division Justice SK Sinha did not pass any order on two government petitions seeking stay on the HC orders. Mahmudur's lawyer Barrister Abdur Razzaq told The Daily Star that the chamber judge refused to pass any order on the government petitions against the HC orders of bail to his client, and it means that the chamber judge upheld the HC orders. The HC on July 12 granted ad-interim bail to Mahmudur in the two cases filed with Uttara and Biman Bandar police stations for having link with banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir and conspiracy against the state. The government recently filed two separate petitions with the SC to stay the HC order. Additional Attorney General MK Rahman appeared for the government.