The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld a High Court (HC) order that granted bail to Mamunul Haque, former joint secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam, in two cases over vandalism of an Awami League office in Narayanganj's Sonargaon around three years back, reports UNB.
A six-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order after a petition was filed in this regard, said the defendant's counsel Advocate Joynul Abedin.
Assistant Attorney General Saiful Alam represented the state in the court during the hearing.
Advocate Joynul said the court upheld the HC order as his client has been in jail for the past three years in the two cases but police have not submitted charge sheets yet.
On April 3 in 2021, local Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) and Jubo League activists confined Mamunul Haque along with a woman to a room in a resort in Sonargaon, though the Hefazat leader claimed that the woman was his second wife.
On April 18 of the same year, he was arrested from Mohammadpur Jamia Rahmania Arabia Madrasha and since then he has been in jail.
On April 30, 27-day after the resort incident, a woman posing herself as the wife of the former Hefazat leader filed a case under Women and Children Repression and Prevention Act with Sonargaon thana.
Moreover, several cases were filed against him over the vandalism of an AL office, a resort and other establishments.
On May 9 last year, a HC bench of Justice Md Habibul Goni and Justice Ahmed Sohel granted bail to the former Hefazat leader in two vandalism cases filed with Sonargaon thana.
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