Dhaka, May 29 – The Chamber Judge Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order that had granted bail to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in two cases filed in Comilla. The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order after hearing a petition filed on behalf of the State challenging the High Court order and sent the appeal to the regular Appellate Division bench fixing next Thursday (May 31) for hearing.
Now, the Appellate Division’s full bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, will hear the state appeal against the bail on the day.
Earlier, on Monday, a bench of the High Court granted six-month interim bail to the BNP Chairperson in the two cases and rejected the bail petition in a defamation case filed in Narail.
Soon after the HC order, the government filed a petition with the Appellate Division challenging the bail.
Of the cases, two were filed in Comilla on the charge of plotting to carry out subversive activities and another in Narail on defamation charges.
On May 19, the High Court granted permission to Khaleda Zia for filing the bail petitions after her lawyers appealed seeking permission.
The Appellate Division earlier on May 18 upheld the High Court order that had granted bail to convicted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
However, the BNP Chief was not freed from jail as she was shown arrested in the cases filed with different police stations in Cumilla,
Dhaka, Narail and Panchagarh. The BNP chairperson is now facing 36 cases.
HC decision on ble in Defamation cases Thursday
The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday set Thursday to give its order on bail petitions in two defamation cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim came up with the order after hearing on Tuesday.
Senior Advocates Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and AJ Mohammad Ali moved for Khaleda Zia while Deputy Attorney General Farhad Ahmed represented the State in the court.– Special Correspondent
