SC upholds HC bail to GK Shamim in arms case
FE REPORT | Friday, 23 February 2024
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court order that on December 13 last year granted bail to expelled Jubo League leader Golam Kibria Shamim, popularly known as GK Shamim, in an arms case in which he was awarded life imprisonment by a special tribunal.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order after dismissing a petition filed by the state challenging the HC's bail order.
The apex court also asked the HC bench led by Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder to hear and dispose of the appeal in two months, filed by GK Shamim against the trial court judgment that convicted and sentenced him in the case.
Nazmus Sakib, a lawyer for Shamim, said his client cannot get released from jail following the SC order as he is arrested in three other cases.
Deputy Attorney General Sarwar Hossain Bappi represented the state during hearing of the petition.
On September 25, 2022, a Dhaka court sentenced G K Shamim and his seven bodyguards to life term imprisonment in an arms case. The seven bodyguards are--- Md Delwar Hossain, Md Murad Hossain, Md Jahidul Islam, Md Shahidul Islam, Md Kamal Hossain, Md Samsad Hossain and Md Aminul Islam.
Judge of the Special Tribunal-4 in Dhaka, Sheikh Samidul Islam, delivered the verdict in presence of all the convicts.