HC bench grants bail to 15 more VIPs
Thursday, 28 August 2008
The High Court (HC) bench of justices Sharifuddin Chaklader and Md Imdadul Haque Azad granted bail to 15 very important persons (VIPs) Wednesday, including nine BNP leaders, reports bdnews24.com.
The bench granted six-month bail to BNP leader Tarique Rahman in five separate cases-in one on charges of accumulating illegal wealth and in four on charges of extortion-and stayed proceedings of one of the cases for six months.
The same High Court bench granted former BNP minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan six months' anticipatory bail in the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case and extended his bail in the GATCO graft case by four months.
It also extended the bail of former BNP minister M Shamsul Islam by another four months in the GATCO graft case. The same bench has granted bail to Khaleda, Shamsul Islam, Anwar and Nizami in the Barapukuria coalmine case, over the past two days.
The bench also granted six months' bail to former BNP lawmaker Salauddin Ahmed Wednesday who faces nine cases, and Sylhet mayor Badaruddin Ahmed Kamran for as many months in one case.
In the Bashundhara bribery case, the bench granted bail to former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar until Oct 22, and stayed the proceedings against him until that date; it also granted bail to Bashundhara Group director Abu Sufian in the same case for one year.
The HC bench allowed bail and froze proceedings for three months of a case on charges of amassing ill-gotten wealth against another former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu.
The bench granted six-month bail to BNP leader Tarique Rahman in five separate cases-in one on charges of accumulating illegal wealth and in four on charges of extortion-and stayed proceedings of one of the cases for six months.
The same High Court bench granted former BNP minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan six months' anticipatory bail in the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case and extended his bail in the GATCO graft case by four months.
It also extended the bail of former BNP minister M Shamsul Islam by another four months in the GATCO graft case. The same bench has granted bail to Khaleda, Shamsul Islam, Anwar and Nizami in the Barapukuria coalmine case, over the past two days.
The bench also granted six months' bail to former BNP lawmaker Salauddin Ahmed Wednesday who faces nine cases, and Sylhet mayor Badaruddin Ahmed Kamran for as many months in one case.
In the Bashundhara bribery case, the bench granted bail to former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar until Oct 22, and stayed the proceedings against him until that date; it also granted bail to Bashundhara Group director Abu Sufian in the same case for one year.
The HC bench allowed bail and froze proceedings for three months of a case on charges of amassing ill-gotten wealth against another former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu.