Hartal Violence
Third bench to hear opposition leaders' bail petitions
Chief Justice Md Mozammel Hossain yesterday sent the bail petitions of the BNP-led opposition leaders, who were accused of hartal violence, to a single-member third bench of the High Court for their disposal.
The CJ forwarded the petitions to the bench of Justice Mohammad Anwarul Haque, three days after two HC judges issued dissenting orders on the petitions in connection with two cases filed over hartal violence, Kabir Ahmed, a secretary to CJ, told The Daily Star.
Barrister Ragib Rouf Chowdhury, a lawyer for the accused, said they would move to the third bench on Sunday (May 13) with a prayer for hearing and disposing of the bail petitions the same day.
Earlier on May 7, a two-member HC bench delivered dissenting orders on seven separate bail petitions submitted by around 30 accused leaders, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in the cases filed for blasts and arson during the April 29 shutdown.
Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury, the senior judge of the bench, granted anticipatory bail to the accused till submission of police reports in the cases, which were filed with Tejgaon and Shahbagh police stations.
He also issued seven separate rules upon the government to explain in three weeks why the petitioners should not be granted regular bail.
Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder, the other judge, however, directed the accused politicians to surrender before the magistrate's court concerned within seven days and ordered law enforcers not to harass or arrest them during that period.
The two judges had recently sent the bail petitions along with their orders to the chief justice.
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