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| Dissenting verdict on Jamaat top brass' bail plea |
| 2011-03-25 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] In a rare occurrence, a two-Judge High Court bench on Thursday gave a dissenting verdict on a bail petition filed by three jugged Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami leaders including its Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami in Rajshashi University student Faruk Hossain murder case. Two other Jamaat leaders are its Secretary General Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojahid and its Nayeb-e Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee Senior judge of the bench Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury granted them bail, saying that the names of the accused were not mentioned in the case, although they were shown tossed in the clink in this case after four months of the detention. On the other hand, junior judge of the bench Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder rejected the bail petition, saying that the accused should not be granted bail as investigation into the killing case is going on. Advocate Tajul Islam, one of the counsels for the petitioners, told The Daily Star that the HC bench will send the bail petition to the chief justice for a decision. After receiving the bail petition with the dissenting verdicts, Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque will constitute a third bench of the HC for disposal of the matter, he said. Rajshahi University Chhatra League ... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ... leader Faruk Hossain was killed in a clash between Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... and Bangladesh Chhatra League on February 9 last year. The same day Rajshahi University Chhatra League President Mazedul Islam filed a murder case with Motihar Police Station in this connection. Jamaat leaders Nizami, Mojahid and Sayedee in August last year jointly filed a bail petition with the HC. The HC on August 26 issued a rule upon the government to explain why the petitioners should not be granted bail in the case. After two days of hearing the HC bench passed the verdict. |
| Posted by:Fred |