HC cancels Samrat's bail

It also directs him to surrender before lower court within seven days

May 19, 2022 00:00:00

FE REPORT

The High Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail granted to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a case filed for amassing illegal wealth of Tk 29.4 million.

The court also directed Samrat to surrender before the lower court concerned in seven days in connection with the case.

A High Court (HC) bench of justices Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the order following a petition filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking cancellation of the bail granted to Samrat.

The HC has also warned the judge of the Special Judge Court-6 of Dhaka, Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman, for not considering the gravity of the case and granting bail to Samrat considering only his sickness without seeing any medical report.

The HC has directed the lower court concerned to follow the law and Appellate Division directions during granting bail to anyone in future.

On May 11 this year Judge of the Special Judge Court-6, Dhaka, Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman, granted bail to Samrat in the case after hearing a bail petition.

Samrat was released from jail on that day after securing bail in all the four cases filed against him.

Earlier on April 10 and 11 he got bail in three other cases filed against him. And he got bail in the final case on May 11.

Later, the ACC on May 16 filed an appeal petition with the HC seeking cancellation of bail granted to Samrat in the case filed for amassing illegal wealth of Tk 29.4 million.

Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan appeared in the hearing on behalf of the ACC, while lawyer Mansurul Haque Chowdhury appeared for Samrat.

On November 12 in 2019, the ACC filed the case against Samrat with its Integrated District office-1 of Dhaka for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 29.4 million.

On December 7 in 2020, ACC Deputy Director Jahangir Alam, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet against Samrat, a "kingpin" of illegal casino businesses in the capital, to the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka.

The case was then sent to the Special Judge's Court-6 of Dhaka for charge framing hearing on March 22, 2021.