HC hearing on Abbas' bail deferred for a week
The High Court yesterday deferred for a week the date for hearing bail pleas of BNP blessed Dhaka mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas in three cases.
Two separate HC benches that were scheduled to hear the petitions yesterday have now fixed May 4 for the hearing seeking anticipatory bail.
The HC benches passed the deferment orders following prayers of time extension moved by Abbas' lawyers stating that the accused BNP leader could not appear before the court yesterday for security reasons.
Mirza Abbas, one of the BNP heavyweights in the mayoral race for Dhaka South City Corporation, has so far shunned electoral campaign, fearing arrest. His wife Afroza Abbas has been running the show for him.
Lawyers Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and Moudud Ahmed represented Abbas during the proceedings.
On April 21, the HC bench of Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan had fixed April 27 [yesterday] for hearing a bail petition of Abbas in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
On Sunday, the bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus too fixed yesterday for hearing two bail pleas of the BNP leader in two more cases.
One of the two cases was filed with Paltan Police Station on December 29 last year while the other was filed on January 4 this year with Motijheel Police Station on charges of vandalism and setting fire to vehicles.
Earlier, an HC bench had given split verdict in response to Abbas' bail plea in these violence cases. The matter was then taken to the Chief Justice who appointed a separate bench to hear the bail petitions.
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