Court Vandalism Case
25 pro-BNP lawyers' bail extended
A Dhaka court yesterday extended bail period of 25 pro-BNP lawyers until July 22 in their connection with vandalism at the metropolitan sessions and district judges' court last month.
First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Shahidul Islam Faruque passed the order after their lawyers submitted a petition seeking extension of their bail term.
Another Dhaka court on June 3 extended their bail term till yesterday.
On May 22, members of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, a platform of pro-BNP lawyers, boycotted all the judges' and magistrates' courts in the capital and vandalised the courts, protesting a court order sending BNP lawmaker Mahbub Uddin Khokon to jail in an arson case
Two days later, the lawyers got bail from the High Court until June 3.
Abidul Islam, a sub-inspector at Kotwali Police Station, also the investigation officer of the case, placed the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court in Dhaka on May 31.
The charge sheet submitted under the Speedy Trial Act would allow the judge to complete the trial within 30 working days. However, if some of the accused abscond, then the trial may take up to 60 working days, according to the law.
25 LAWYERS
Mohammad Borhanuddin, Sanaullah Miah, Mohsin Miah, Golam Mostafa Khan, Khorshed Alam, Iqbal Ahmed, Masud Ahmed Talukder, Helal Uddin, Omar Faruque, Abdul Nur Bhuiyan, Abdul Khaleque Milon, Jamal Ahmed Dulon, Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Masud Rana, Monir, Jibon, Jakob, Didar (1), Didar (2), Ershadul Haque, Fardin, Mahmudur Rahman Romel, Kamal Hossain, Simki Imam and Shamima Akhter Shammi.
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