HC asks why ex-CJ Khairul Haque shouldn’t be granted bail in 5 cases
A High Court bench of Justice ASM Abdul Mobin and Justice Sagir Hossain issued the rule today (26 October) after hearing Khairul Haque’s bail petition.
The High Court has issued a rule asking why former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque should not be granted bail in five cases, including one over the murder of Jubo Dal activist Abdul Kaiyum Ahad in Dhaka's Jatrabari during the anti-discrimination student-public movement.
The government has been directed to respond to the rule within two weeks.
A High Court bench of Justice ASM Abdul Mobin and Justice Sagir Hossain issued the rule today (26 October) after hearing Khairul Haque's bail petition.
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Senior lawyer Mansurul Haque Chowdhury appeared for the former chief justice, while Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman represented the state and Barrister M Sarwar Hossain appeared on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Earlier, Khairul Haque filed a petition seeking bail in five cases, including the Jatrabari murder case and an ACC case over allegedly acquiring a plot through a false affidavit.
Police arrested the former chief justice from his Dhanmondi residence on 24 July. He was later charged in the Jatrabari murder case as well as another case in Narayanganj over allegations of delivering an illegal verdict and fabricating a judgment.
The Narayanganj case was filed on 25 August last year by Abdul Bari Bhuiyan, former president of the District Lawyers' Association and general secretary of Fatullah Thana BNP.
Earlier on 11 August, a commotion broke out between two groups of lawyers during a hearing on Khairul Haque's bail and case cancellation petition before another High Court bench.
