Attack on CJ’s residence: Three pro-BNP lawyers get anticipatory bail
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The High Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail for three weeks to three senior pro-BNP lawyers in two cases filed with Ramna Police Station on charges of attacking the official residence of the Chief Justice and vandalising during BNP’s grand rally on October 28 this year.
The High Court bench of Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman and Justice Md Bashir Ullah passed the order after hearing separate bail petitions filed by the accused lawyers.
Three senior lawyers who have been granted anticipatory bail are--- former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and BNP Vice Chairman Zainul Abedin, BNP Vice Chairman Nitai Roy Chowdhury, and former SCBA Secretary and also BNP Joint Secretary General AM Mahbub Uddin Khokan.
The High Court asked them to surrender in the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court after three weeks.
Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali, Barrister Kayser Kamal, Advocate Subrata Chowdhury, Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal, Barrister AKM Ehsanur Rahman and others appeared in the court hearing on behalf of the accused lawyers.
A clash started between the BNP leaders and activists and the police before the formal launch of the BNP grand rally on October 28. At one stage of the scuffle, the official residence of the Chief Justice also came under attack.
Apart from this, vandalising the Judges Complex, the residential building of the judges of the Supreme Court, cars on the road in front of the Judges Complex, throwing cocktails and bricks, and other incidents took place on that day.
Later, police filed two cases with the Ramna Model Police Station on the charges of attacking the official residence of the Chief Justice and vandalising during BNP’s grand rally on October 28.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP Standing Committee Members Mirza Abbas, and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and these three lawyers were made accused in both cases filed with the Ramna Police Station.
In one case, 72 people were named as accused and in another case, 59 people were named, along with many unnamed accused in both cases. The three lawyers filed petitions with the High Court seeking anticipatory bail in both cases to avoid arrest.