The Appellate Division on Monday upheld the High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings against Dhallywood actress Pori Moni in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Appeal Division Judge Justice Md Nuruzzaman passed the order following the state’s appeal against the HC order. The court also ordered disposing of the HC rule over charge framing against Pori Moni in six months. Read more: SC clears way to continue trial against Pori Moni Advocate ZI Khan Panna and Advocate Shah Monjurul Hoque appeared for Pori Moni in the court today. Advocate Monjurul said the trial proceeding of the case will remain suspended for six months and the HC rule should be disposed of by this period. Otherwise, the trial court may start the trial proceeding of the case after this period, he added. On March 1 last year, High Court stayed the trial proceeding of the case for three months. It also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the order of charge framing against Pori Moni should not be revoked. Judge of Dhaka Special Judge of Court-10 Md Nazrul Islam indicted Pori Moni and two others in the case on January 5 last year. On January 30, Pori Moni appealed before the High Court for quashing the case and subsequent indictment by the trial court. Read more: Drug case against Pori Moni: HC stays trial proceedings for 3 months On November 15 2021, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Emrul Kayesh took into cognizance the charges framed by police against the accused. On October 4, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted a charge sheet against them. Pori Moni was arrested on August 4, following a raid by RAB on her Banani residence. A case was filed against her under the Narcotics Control Act the following day. On August 31, 2021, a Dhaka court granted bail to Pori Moni in the narcotics case. She had walked out of jail the following day.

A Dhaka court on Wednesday indicted actress Pori Moni and two others in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Special Judge of Court-10, Md Nazrul Islam framed the charges against the trio, setting the ball rolling for commencement of trial in the case. Pori Moni and the two other accused were present in the court, which fixed February 1 as the next date for hearing the testimonies of witnesses. On January 2, the same court set January 5 for hearing arguments on whether to press charges against the trio in the case. Also read: Two magistrates get another week to explain Pori Moni’s multiple remands Pori Moni and two others are currently out on bail in the case. On November 15 last year, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Emrul Kayesh took into cognizance the charges framed by police against the accused. On October 4, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted a chargesheet against Pori Moni and the two others in the case. CID inspector and also the investigation officer in the case, Kazi Mostafa Kamal submitted the chargesheet to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court. Pori Moni was arrested on August 4, following a raid by RAB on her Banani residence. A case was filed against her under the Narcotics Control Act the following day. Also read: Pori Moni granted permanent bail in narcotics case On August 22, she was remanded in judicial custody again after inspector Kazi produced her in a court on the completion of a day's police remand, her third. On August 31, 2021, a Dhaka court granted bail to Pori Moni in the narcotics case until the submission of the chargesheet. She had walked out of jail the following day.  

Two lower court magistrates who placed actress Pori Moni on police remand for the second and the third time in a narcotics case have got another week to explain their orders. The HC bench of Justices Mustafa Zaman Islam and KM Zahid Sarwar granted the time on Sunday responding to an appeal submitted by lawyer Abdul Alim Mia Jewel on behalf of the two magistrates. Meanwhile, the Investigation officer in the case Kazi Golam Mostafa has already submitted his written explanation in this regard. On September 29, the High Court asked for further explanation from two lower court judges by October 24 on why they remanded Pori Moni to police multiple times in the narcotics case. The two metropolitan magistrates in question are Debabrata Biswas and Atiqul Islam. Read: Pori Moni granted permanent bail in narcotics case Besides, the HC asked the investigating officer of the case to submit his explanation within the set date. Pori Moni was arrested on August 4 following a raid by Rab on her Banani residence. A case was filed against her under the Narcotics Control Act the following day. On August 5, Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Mamunur Rashid remanded Pori Moni for four days. On August 10, Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Debabrata Biswas granted a second time remand of 2-days to Pori Moni. On August 19, for the third time Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Atiqul Islam granted another 1-day in remand for the actress. Following the High Court's intervention, a Dhaka court finally granted bail to the actress on September 1 and she walked out of jail the following day. Read: HC asks 2 lower court judges to explain further on Pori Moni’s multiple remands On August 29, one Ain-o-Salish Kendra lawyer filed a petition before the High Court seeking an order on the legality of taking Pori Moni in multiple remands in the case defying an earlier order of the Supreme Court. On September 2, the High Court asked the two lower court judges to explain why they had accepted the police request to remand the actress for multiple times in the narcotics case. On September 15, the High Court expressed dissatisfaction over the explanations submitted by the two judges and set September 29 for the next hearing.

The High Court on Wednesday asked for further explanation from two lower court judges by October 24 on why they remanded actress Pori Moni to police on multiple times in a narcotics case.   The HC bench of Justices Mustafa Zaman Islam and KM Zahid Sarwar passed the order as the court found the earlier explanations offered by the two judges unsatisfactory. The court also fixed October 24 for next hearing in the case. The two metropolitan magistrates in question are Debabrata Biswas and Atiqul Islam. Besides, the HC asked the investigating officer of the case Kazi Golam Mostafa to submit his explanation in the case. On September 2, the High Court asked the two lower court judges to explain why they had accepted the police prayer to remand actress Pori Moni for the second and the third time in the narcotics case. Read: Pori Moni's remand: HC 'not satisfied' with explanation of lower court judges The court had also summoned the investigating officer to appear before the bench on September 15 along with relevant documents to explain why he repeatedly sought remand for the actress. The bench said it would also summon the metropolitan magistrates who had granted the prayers for taking Pori Moni in remand for second and third times, if their written explanation was not satisfactory. Besides, the HC said there was potential for abuse of power in the remand of the actress. Ain-o-Salish Kendra lawyer ZI Khan Panna told the HC  during the hearing that its guidelines and directives were all thrown out of the window in the manner by which the actress was placed on remand in three phases. Pori Moni was arrested on August 4 following a raid by Rab on her Banani residence. A case was filed against her under the Narcotics Control Act the following day. Following the High Court's intervention, a Dhaka court finally granted bail to the actress on September 1 and she walked out of jail the following day. Read: Pori Moni resumes work on her incomplete, upcoming characters On August 22, Pori Moni was sent to jail after inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Kazi Golam Mostafa produced her in a court on the completion of a one-day remand, her third. Judge Emrul Kayesh set September 13 for hearing her bail petition in the case. However, the actress subsequently moved the High Court, challenging the validity of the lower court's decision. The HC on August 26 issued a rule, seeking explanation as to why a lower court order fixing September 13 for hearing the bail petition of Pori Moni in a case under the Narcotics Control Act should not be cancelled. It had also asked why the bail application would not be heard within two days.

A  Dhaka court on Tuesday placed Nasir U Mahmud and Tuhin Siddiqui Omi on a seven-day remand each in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Three women, also accused in the case, have been remanded for three days. Also read: Pori Moni case: Police press drug-related charges against Nasir, four others The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Nivana Khair Jessi passed the order after Udoy Kumar Mondal, an inspector of the Detective Branch of police and the case investigation officer, produced them before the court. Earlier in the day, the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Kamrun Naher fixed July 8 for police to submit their probe report in the case filed by actress Pori Moni accusing Nasir,Omi and four others of trying to rape and kill her. Also read: Uttara Club's ex-president Nasiruddin,4 others arrested over rape attempt on Pori Moni DB police are investigating the case was filed at Savar police station on Monday.

Irfan Selim, son of Awami League leader Haji Selim and former ward councillor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), was relieved on Monday from a case filed with Chwakbazar Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.

A man convicted in a narcotics case was arrested from Daulatdia red-light district early Friday.   Goalandaghat police arrested Masud Rana Mondol, 30, who has been absconding since he was jailed for six years in a narcotics case filed in September 2016.   Rana, a resident of Goalanda municipality’s Ghunapara area, is the son of Kashem Mondol.   Goalandaghat Police Station’s Assistant Sub-Inspector Motaleb Munshi said Rana was sent to jail through the court on Friday.