SC upholds ex-chief justice Khairul Haque's bail in 5 cases
Earlier, on 8 March, the High Court granted bail to Khairul Haque in four cases after issuing a rule.
The Appellate Division today (28 April) upheld the High Court's order that granted bail to former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in five separate cases.
An Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury dismissed multiple petitions seeking a stay on the bail order and rejected state appeals against the High Court's decision, thereby keeping the bail orders in force.
Senior lawyers Kamrul Haque Siddique and Advocate Motahar Hossain Saju appeared for Khairul Haque during the hearing.
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Advocate Motahar Hossain Saju said Khairul Haque will not be released from jail immediately as he remains shown arrested in two other cases.
Earlier, on 8 March, the High Court granted bail to Khairul Haque in four cases after issuing a rule.
He later secured bail in an ACC case on 11 March.
The state subsequently moved the Appellate Division seeking a stay on those bail orders.
However, during this period, he was shown arrested in two more cases at lower courts .
Khairul Haque was arrested by police from his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka on 24 July last year.
He was later shown arrested in a murder case filed over the killing of Jubo Dal activist Abdul Kaiyum Ahad in Jatrabari during the July movement.
Besides, four other cases were filed against him, including one over alleged manipulation of the caretaker government verdict. The case was lodged on 27 August at Shahbagh Police Station by Supreme Court lawyer Mujahidul Islam Shahin
Khairul Haque was appointed the 19th Chief Justice of Bangladesh on 27 September 2010, with the appointment effective from September 30 the same year.
He retired on 17 May 2011, and later served three terms as Chairman of the Law Commission.
