The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order following a writ petition.

Advocate Khandaker Shamsul Haq Reza stood for the petitioner while Mohammad Ajiullah stood for Green Line Paribahan and deputy attorney general Abdullah al Mahmud Bashar represented the state.

The court also fixed March 31 for next hearing and asked the authorities concerned to submit a report on Russel’s treatment expense.

Earlier on May 14, 2018, the High Court issued a rule asking why driver Russell Sarkar should not get Tk 1 crore as compensation.

Green Line Paribahan, a bus operating company, was asked to respond to the rule  within four weeks.

Russell Sarkar, 23, a private service driver, lost his leg on April 28 after a luxury coach of Green Line Paribahan hit the car he was driving from behind as it stood stationary on the slope of Hanif Flyover in Dholaipar, causing Russell to step out of the car to assess the damage to it.

When he signaled the bus not to drive away, bus driver KabirHossain, in an act that has drawn outrage for its sheer idiocy and callous disregard for a fellow human being, instead drove his over Kabir and fled the scene. Or so he thought.

Being informed, police jumped into action and detained it along with the driver from near the National Press Club.

Russell’s left leg was severed from the thigh down in the process of being run over.