CCC mayor, HRC boss, BNP's Munshi get bail
Thursday, 14 August 2008
The High Court (HC) Wednesday set free on bail Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, HRC Group chairman Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury and former BNP lawmaker Monjurul Ahsan Munshi in three separate cases, reports bdnews24.com.
However, the Appellate Division chamber judge stayed the bail of Bangladesh Awami Jubo League general secretary Mirza Azam for one month.
The HC had granted him a three-month bail in a graft case involving amassing of illegal wealth.
The High Court bench of justices Khademul Islam Chowdhury and Mashuk Hossain Ahmed approved a three-month bail to mayor Mohiuddin in a case on charges of ill-gotten wealth.
The court also asked the government and the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) to explain why the case would not be scrapped.
Barrister Amir-ul-Islam stood for Mohiuddin while advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the ACC.
The bench of justices Sharifuddin Chaklader and Md Imdadul Haque Azad allowed ad-interim bail to HRC Group chairman Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury for three months in a money laundering case.
However, the Appellate Division chamber judge stayed the bail of Bangladesh Awami Jubo League general secretary Mirza Azam for one month.
The HC had granted him a three-month bail in a graft case involving amassing of illegal wealth.
The High Court bench of justices Khademul Islam Chowdhury and Mashuk Hossain Ahmed approved a three-month bail to mayor Mohiuddin in a case on charges of ill-gotten wealth.
The court also asked the government and the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) to explain why the case would not be scrapped.
Barrister Amir-ul-Islam stood for Mohiuddin while advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the ACC.
The bench of justices Sharifuddin Chaklader and Md Imdadul Haque Azad allowed ad-interim bail to HRC Group chairman Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury for three months in a money laundering case.