BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury are anticipated to be released from Keraniganj Central Jail following their lawyers' efforts to withdraw the production warrants against them in all cases. Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukdar, representing the BNP leaders, have initiated the legal process for the withdrawal of the production warrants. This comes after both leaders obtained bail in all cases, as confirmed by Sairul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP chairperson's media wing, to UNB. “The necessary legal steps are being taken following the provision that allows for the withdrawal of production warrants issued for the leaders to be presented in court while incarcerated,” the lawyers stated. Read: Fakhrul, Khasru secure bail; no bar to walk out of jail  Work on withdrawing the production warrants has already begun, with expectations that if completed by noon today, the BNP leaders could be released. The documentation related to the withdrawal is hoped to be finalized by Thursday evening. Advocate Masud mentioned that 13 production warrants had been issued against Fakhrul, highlighting the legal hurdles faced. However, Advocate Syed Joynal Abedin assured that there are no obstacles to their release as bail has been secured in all cases. The context for the anticipated release follows a Dhaka court's decision on Wednesday to grant bail to both Fakhrul and Khasru in connection with a case filed over the vandalism of the Chief Justice's residence during a BNP rally on October 28 last year. The Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court's acting judge, Faisal Atiq Bin Quader, approved the bail upon reviewing their petition. Read: Usurping power AL govt showing arrogance: Rizvi The case was filed by the police on October 29, accusing 59 BNP leaders and activists, including Fakhrul and Khasru, of vandalism and assault during the rally. In total, 11 cases were filed against Fakhrul and 10 against Khasru related to violence surrounding the rally. Fakhrul was detained on October 29, and Khasru on November 3, both from their residences in Gulshan.

The High Court (HC) on Tuesday rejected the bail petition of four convicts in a case over the attack on the motorcade of then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002. The four convicts are- Md Yasin Ali, Md Tofajjal Hossain, Md Abdus Sattar and Advocate Abdus Sattar. The HC bench of Justice ASM Abdul Mobin and Justice Md Atoar Rahman passed the order. The court also sought the documents of the case after suspending their fine. Read:HC calls Teknaf UNO ‘wrongheaded’ over verbal abuse of journalists On August 30 of 2002, a group of terrorists attacked the convoy of then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in front of Kalaroa Upazila BNP office in Satkhira on her way to Magura after visiting a freedom fighter’s wife at Sadar Hospital. In 2015, a chargesheet was submitted to the court in the case. On February 4 last year, Satkhira Chief Judicial Magistrate Court sentenced three people including former lawmaker Habibul Islam Habib to 10-year imprisonment and 47 others to different jail terms in the case.

The High Court on Tuesday fixed Thursday for passing an order on the bail petition of Jhumon Das in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. A HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar fixed the date after hearing on the petition. Advocates ZI Khan Panna, Nahid Sultana and Ashraf Ali stood for Jhumon Das while assistant attorney general Mohammad Mizanur Rahman represented the state. Jhumon was arrested in a case filed under DSA for posting defamatory remarks about then Hefazat leader Mamunul Haque on his Facebook page. READ: HC orders investigation on assets and bank accounts of Rajarbagh Pir The case was filed with Shalla Police Station in Sunamganj district. On March 17, miscreants carried out an attack on the houses of minority people at Noagaon village in Shalla upazila over his Facebook post. On March 16, police detained Jhumon Das and police produced him before a court showing him arrested in a case filed under section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC)  the next day. Then the court sent him to jail. On March 22, police filed a case under DSA with Shalla police station and  Jhumon was shown arrested in the case on March 23. READ: HC grants anticipatory bail to 11 lawyers in a DSA case On March 30, he was taken on a two-day remand in the case. On July 18, a magistrate court rejected the bail petition of Jhumon. Later, Jhumon filed a petition with the High Court seeking bail in the case.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the bail petition of expelled Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar of Bogura in a case filed by ACC. A full bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order. Advocate Sharif Uddin Chakladar stood for Tufan while Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented theAnti-Corruption Commission ( ACC). Read: HC turns down Tufan’s bail in rape case On March 1, the High Court rejected the bail petition of Tufan in a case filed by ACC and said he will not be able to file a bail petition in any court. Later, Tufan Sarkar filed a petition with the Appellate Division challenging the HC order. The case was filed against Tufan over amassing wealth  and concealing wealth information. Tufan has no source of income and he in the Tax return submitted a return of Tk 1.60 crore. He also refrained from giving the right information to ACC about his wealth. On December 31, 2018, The ACC deputy director Mohammad Aminul Islam filed a case with Bogura Sadar Police Station. Tufan is in prison since 2017 in a case filed over the rape and torture of a schoolgirl and her mother. On June 22, 2020, The High Court rejected the bail petition of Tufan Sarkar in the case filed over the rape and torture of a schoolgirl and her mother. Tufan took the girl to his house at Badurtala in the district town promising to arrange her admission into a local college and raped her there on July 17, in 2017. Read: HC turns down Tufan’s bail plea over Bogura rape When Tufan's wife Asha and her elder sister Rumki came to know about the incident, they along with some associates picked up the girl and her mother from their house. They allegedly beat the girl and her mother with sticks and cut the hair of their heads. At one stage, the offenders got their heads shaved done by a barber on July 28, 2017. Later, two cases were filed in this connection on July 29 in the same year.  

A court in Satkhira has dismissed bail appeal of 34 BNP men including former MP Habibur Rahman Habib in a case filed over the 2002 attack on then-opposition leader and current PM Sheikh Hasina’s convoy at Kalaroa.

A day before the hearing on a bail petition filed by their party chief Khaleda Zia with the High Court, BNP standing committee members held a marathon meeting on Saturday to work out their next course of action.

A court here on Sunday sent a maulana to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case filed for making ‘derogatory remarks’ against Hajj and Umrah under the Digital Security Act.

Mentioning that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has not yet appealed for her release on parole, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said the government will consider it if she admits her guilt and offers apology for it.

Dhaka, Oct 1 (UNB) - The High Court on Tuesday turned down a bail plea of former jute minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).