report in Dhaka Tribune online, July 2, 2018 at 11:51 am
The Supreme Court has upheld its previous order staying the High Court order that granted bail to BNP chief Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over the Comilla arson attack.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order on Monday.
The court disposed of the leave-to-appeal petition filed by the state.
According to the order, the rule issued by the High Court asking to explain why Khaleda Zia would not be given permanent bail in the case has to be disposed within four weeks.
Following the order, the Supreme Court stay on the High Court order will continue.
On June 24, the Supreme Court fixed July 2 to pass the order on a leave-to-appeal against the High Court order that had granted bail to the BNP chief in the murder case.
On May 28, the High Court granted bail to Khaleda for six months in two cases filed in Comilla.
On May 29, Chamber judge of the Appellate Division stayed the bail following an appeal by the state and fixed May 31 for hearing in full bench.
On May 31, the Appellate Division extended till June 24 its previous order staying the High Court order that had granted bail to the BNP chief in two cases.
Eight people were killed and at least 20 others injured when a petrol bomb was hurled at a bus at Jogmohanpur in Chouddagram of Comilla district during the BNP-led alliance’s movement on February 3, 2015.
Two cases were filed against Khaleda in this connection.
Khaleda Zia has been in jail since she was sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on February 8.
https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2018/07/02/sc-upholds-stay-order-on-khaleda-s-bail-in-comilla-murder-case
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