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| 11 pro-BNP lawyers denied bail |
| 2011-08-11 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The High Court yesterday turned down bail pleas of 11 pro-BNP lawyers accused of assaulting police personnel and preventing them from carrying out their duties on the Supreme Court premises. Twelve lawyers filed two separate petitions on August 3 and 7 in connection with two criminal cases. However, Denver is the capital of Colorado... ABM Waliur Rahman Khan, voluntarily withdrew his name from the list of petitioners earlier yesterday. The HC bench comprising Justice Mohammad Anwarul Haque and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque summarily rejected their bail petitions in the afternoon as the accused lawyers did not appear before the court. "The accused cannot shift the bail petitions to another High Court bench," Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told The Daily Star yesterday adding, "There is no legal bar on arresting the 11 accused now." However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... Bodruddoza Badal, counsel for the accused lawyers, said the HC bench rejected the petition considering it as not placed before the bench. "It was done in this manner so that my clients could move their petitions to another HC bench as we apprehended that this bench would not grant them anticipatory bail," he added. Shahbagh police filed two cases against the accused lawyers on charges of assaulting police and preventing them from carrying out their duties on August 2 and 4 on the SC premises. The accused are Mohammad Ali, Golam Mohammad Chowdhury Alal, Gazi Kamrul Islam Sajal, Shahiduzzaman, Mirza Al Mahmud, Sharif Uddin Ahmed, Abdullah Al Mahmud, MU Ahmed, Ashrafuzzaman Khan, Golam Nobi, and Mahmudul Islam Swapan. |
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