2 fined Tk 2 lakh for bail forgery
The High Court has fined two accused Tk 2 lakh for providing false information to secure bail from the court.
Accused Joynal Abedin, general manager of Amena Enterprise, and its office assistant Alamgir Hossain have also been directed to pay Tk 1 lakh to Anjuman Mofidul Islam and Tk 1 lakh to Jatiya Andha Kalyan Trust (National Blind Welfare Trust) in 30 days and to submit a report to the High Court in 10 days after complying with directive.
The HC bench of Justuce Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the order on Thursday after hearing a petition filed by Joynal and Alamgir seeking bail in the case filed over distributing Tk 8 crore to influence the December 30 election.
During the hearing, the judges found that they had earlier on May 7 rejected another bail petition filed by Joynal and Alamgir on May 5 in connection with the same case.
The May 5 bail petition was filed with the HC challenging a trial court’s order that on April 3 rejected their bail prayer in the case, Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik told The Daily Star yesterday.
He said Joynal and Alamgir, who are now in jail, filed another bail petition with the HC on May 22 through a representative named Md Zakir Hossain suppressing the information of their filing bail petition on May 5 and its May 7 rejection order, which is against the High Court rules.
Advocate Kamal Parvez, the lawyer for Joynal and Alamgir, told the HC on Thursday (May 23) that the May 5 bail petition was not filed against the trial court’s April 3 rejection order, which is also a false information, DAG Amin Uddin said.
The HC on Thursday also rejected the bail petition, DAG Amin Uddin said.
Contacted, Advocate Kamal Parvez told The Daily Star yesterday that representative Zakir Hossain would not know the HC’s May 7 order as the accused Joynal and Alamgir did not gave this information to him (Zakir), therefore, the HC fined Joynal and Alamgir.
On December 24 last year, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detained Joynal Abedin, general manager of Amena Enterprise, its office assistant Alamgir Hossain in the capital's Motijheel for allegedly distributing money to influence the national election and instigate violence.
The elite force also seized Tk 8 crore and several cheques, worth around Tk 10 crore, from their possession. Later, a case was filed with Motijheel Police Station in connection with the recovery.
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