Dhaka, Feb 05 – The High Court on Tuesday directed the lower court concerned to complete trials proceedings of all Yaba and other drug and
The HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mostafizur Rahman also asked the deputy commissioners (DCs) and superintendents of police (SPs) to monitor whether the investigation
officers of these cases have any negligence in producing the witnesses to the trial court on the scheduled date.
Police and other persons, who were related with the cases, have been asked to play their due role in completing the trial proceedings by six months of taking into the
The trial courts concerned will have to explain to the Supreme Court committee if they fail to finish by six months the trial proceedings of the narcotics and
It also asked the lower courts concerned to inform DCs and SPs about the negligence of the IOs, if there is any.
It also asked the trial courts to submit reports to the Supreme Court committee on the lower court whether the public prosecutors and investigation officers have any negligence in dealing with such cases.
The HC bench also asked
The HC bench came up with the order while hearing a petition filed by one Md Mizanur Rahman Baroi, an accused of a drug-related case filed in Madaripur.
The High Court noticed that the case against Mizanur has been accepted by the Madaripur court in 2016 but its trial proceedings have not been finished yet.
During the hearing on
The court also granted a six-month bail to Mizanur Rahman in the case filed against him.
Advocate Fazlur Rahman appeared for the petitioner while assistant attorney general Yusuf Mahmud Morshed represented the state.
Later Morshed told reporters that Morshed
More than 3 lakh drug have remained pending with different courts across the country mainly due to
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