Dhaka, 28 Jan – A High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday expressed strong dissatisfaction for sentencing a man to eight months imprisonment by a mobile court when he was in police custody last year.Mobile court led by an Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Lohagora in Chittagong ordered for punishing Md Belal Uddin of Adhunanagar Sardernipra in the upazila on October 14 last year on charge of possessing two packs of cannabis.
The High Court yesterday questioned how the mobile court could sentence Belal to eight months imprisonment when he was in police custody since October 13.
UNO Mahbub, who is an Executive Magistrate; Md Shahjahan, officer-in- charge of Lohagora Police Station and two sub-inspectors Helal Khan and Wasim Mia yesterday appeared before the High Court bench as per the court’s order dated January 14. But they could not place satisfactory explanation of the incident.
However, the High Court bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan fixed tomorrow for passing an order on this issue. – Special Correspondent
