HC recalls bail order granted to Khaleda

The High Court (HC) recalled an order at the evening on Thursday which was passed earlier on the day granting permanent bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed on charge of making 'derogatory remarks' about the number of Liberation War martyrs and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a Narail court.
The High Court bench of Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin passed the order after holding hearing on a rule issued over granting bail to Khaleda.
The court will hear the rule issued over her bail in the case in April, said concerned state counsel and Deputy Attorney General Samira Tarannum Rabeya.
Barrister Kayser Kamal who appeared in the court for the BNP chief said on Thursday morning that the court had granted permanent bail to Khaleda in the case. But she could not be released from jail following the order as she was convicted in two other cases, added the lawyer.
But in the evening Samira Tarannum Rabeya said the High Court later recalled verbally the order granting permanent bail to Khaleda Zia in the case after considering a prayer placed by the state. The court will hear the rule one week after the vacation-to be finished on March 29, she added.
The High Court on August 13, 2018, granted a six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the case and also issued the rule asking the government to explain as to why she could not be granted permanent bail. Later on, the HC several times extended ad interim bail in this case.

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