SC upholds HC bail in 10 cases

FE Team | Published: May 10, 2026 22:53:49

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the bail granted by the High Court (HC) to former Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy in 10 cases, paving the way for her release, reports UNB.
The Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, passed the order rejecting separate appeals filed by the state against the HC bail.
With the apex court order, there is no legal bar to the release of Ivy, said her lawyer Motahar Hossain Saju.
The HC granted bail to Ivy in five of the cases on February 26 this year following separate bail petitions.
The state filed petitions with the Appellate Division seeking stay on the HC orders of bail.
Following state's petitions, the chamber judge of the Appellate Division on March 5 this year stayed the High Court orders and sent those petitions to the full bench for hearings.
Of the cases, four are murder cases filed at Fatullah Police Station over the killings of bus driver Abul Hossain Mizi, Abdur Rahman, Md Yasin and Parvez during the July uprising. Another case was filed at Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station on charges of assault and obstructing public servants. The former NCC mayor was shown arrested in the five cases on November 9 last year, when she secured HC bail in five additional cases.
The state moved the Appellate Division against the HC orders when the chamber judge on November 12 stayed the bail and sent the matter to the regular bench for hearing.