HC grants Justice Fazlul Huq anticipatory bail for 3 months

The High Court (HC) Thursday granted anticipatory bail for three months to Justice Fazlul Huq, a former adviser of the Iajuddin-led caretaker government (CG), on surrender Thursday following arrest warrant against him in an ill-gotten wealth case, reports UNB.brThe vacation bench of the HC comprising Justice AFM Abdur Rahman and Justice SM Emdadul Huq passed the order following a petition filed by the accused former Supreme Court (SC) judge a day after the trial court issued the arrest warrant against him.brThe HC bench also asked the petitioner to surrender to the trial court within the timeframe for regularising the bail.brConsidering accused Justice Fazlul Huq's 'high image' in society, the bench granted him anticipatory bail, court sources said.brEarlier in the day, another Division Bench comprising Justice Zinat Ara and Justice Syed M Ziaul Karim turned a deaf ear to his petition seeking anticipatory bail.brLater, ex-deputy attorney general Helal Uddin Mollah, a counsel for the accused, rushed to the Chief Justice (CJ) for remedy.brThe CJ sent the petition for hearing at another Division Bench after officially receiving the order of embarrassment from the earlier bench.brAfter securing interim bail, Justice Fazlul Huq told journalists that he had been implicated in the graft case for harassing him.brOn April 13, Justice Fazlul Haque was sued by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) for illegally amassing money and concealing information about his wealth.brACC assistant director Mohammad Ibrahim filed first information report (FIR) with Ramna police station against him on charge of acquiring wealth beyond known sources of income and concealment of information about wealth worth over Tk 9.7 million (97 lakh).