Law ministry not linked to High Court bail in July Uprising case: Asif Nazrul
Law Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul has clarified that the law ministry has no role in the High Court's decision to grant bail to a police officer accused in a case filed by families of the 2024 July Uprising victims, amid outrage from the victims' relatives.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday (19 August), he wrote, "In a case filed by the families of the July massacre victims, the High Court has granted bail to a member of the police force. Naturally, this has angered the families of the martyrs.
"However, the Ministry of Law has no involvement with this bail."
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His remarks come in the backdrop of families of victims and injured survivors of last year's July uprising staging a sit-in in front of the Secretariat today, demanding Asif Nazrul's resignation.
The adviser further noted that the High Court is a "superior court of the country and does not fall under the jurisdiction of the ministry".
"Therefore, neither the bail order nor any other decision of the High Court is connected to the Ministry of Law," he added.
"Although the High Court is a superior court, its decisions are not beyond question," he said, adding that the Attorney General's Office has already appealed against the bail order.
The adviser said a decision on this appeal may come as early as tomorrow.
"If the bail is revoked, police will arrest the accused officer."
