Bail stands for 4 BNP leaders

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The High Court's grant of bail to four senior BNP leaders has been upheld by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

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On Sunday, the Bench led by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain ruled as valid the High Court's grant of bail and turned down a prosecution plea to scrap them.
The four BNP leaders whose bail has been upheld are Moudud Ahmed, Rafiqul Islam Mia, M K Anwar and the party chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Shamshur Rahman Shimul Biswas.
A J Mohammed Ali led the defence.
State was represented by Deputy Attorney General Mohammed Sohrawardy.

He later told bdnews24.com: "We appealed against the High Court's order granting bail to these four leaders. The Appellate Division has upheld the High Court's order."

These four leaders were arrested by police on Nov 8 after the BNP called for a 72-hour strike against holding the parliament polls.

They were booked for instigating violence in the aftermath of the May 5 police drive against the Hifazat-e Islam.

Later, they were implicated in several other cases of bomb explosions, attacks on police and instigation to set a bus on fire at Motijheel, in which some passengers were killed.

A High Court bench of Justices Nizamul Huq and Jahangir Hossain granted these four leaders bail in both these cases.

These leaders still have three cases pending against them, in two of which they have all secured bail on Jan 26.

Moudud Ahmed's lawyer Barrister Ehsanur Rahman said that Shimul Biswas has got bail in a lower court in the last case and if the others manage bail in that case, they would walk free.