HC issues rule on ex-CJ Khairul Haque's bail

The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the respondents to explain in two weeks as to why former Chief Justice Khairul Haque should not be granted bail in five cases filed against him.

The High Court bench of Justice A S M Abdul Mobin and Justice Md Sagir Hossain passed the order, after hearing five separate petitions filed seeking bail in the cases.

The state and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) have to comply with the rule, lawyers concerned told the reporters.

Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained Justice Haque from his Dhanmondi residence on Thursday and later brought to the DB office at Minto Road.

He was later shown arrested in the Abdul Quaiyum murder case filed with Jatrabari Police Station on July 6 in 2025, and a Dhaka Court on the same day sent him to jail in connection with the case. He was later shown arrested in connection with some other criminal cases. He moved the High Court after failing to secure bail in the cases from the lower court.

Lawyer Munsurul Hoque Chowdhury appeared in the court hearing on behalf of Khairul Haque, while Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman represented the state and Barrister Sarwar Hossain move for the ACC.

Three more criminal cases, filed with Fatullah Police Station in Narayanganj and Shahbagh Police Station in Dhaka, and one corruption case filed by the ACC against him are also under investigation.

On August 27, last year Supreme Court lawyer Muzahedul Islam Shahin filed a case against the former Chief Justice over allegations of corruption and forgery of verdicts.

Earlier, on August 25, two cases were filed against Khairul Haque at Fatulla Bandar Police Stations in Narayanganj, on charge of tampering the verdict to annul the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and sedition.

Apart from this, in August this year, ACC filed a case against him on charge of receiving a plot in violation of rules.

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