Lower Court Hearnings Last Week: 6,542 including 63 children secure bail
The lower courts across the country have granted bail to 6,542 people including 63 children in five working days last week.
With these bail orders, a total of 27,480 people including 406 children, accused of criminal charges, have secured bail from lower courts across the country in last 15 working days.
More than 300 courts have granted bail to the accused after holding virtual hearings of the petitions filed by them seeking bail in the cases against them, Supreme Court sources said yesterday.
The subordinate courts have disposed of total 47,626 petitions filed by the accused seeking bail in the cases against them.
The courts have disposed of total 14,340 bail petitions and granted bail to total 6,542 accused in five days last week (May 31 to June 4) in connection with the cases filed against them, according to the sources.
Most of the accused who were granted bail have already got released from jail.
Supreme Court Spokesman Md Saifur Rahman yesterday told The Daily Star that the Supreme Court Special Committee for Child Rights have taken necessary measures in association with the Unicef, and the country's social welfare ministry to release the children, who were granted bail, from Shishu Unnayan Kendra (Children Development Centres).
More than 300 children have already got released from Shishu Unnayan Kendra and they were taken in microbuses to their guardians.
Justice Muhammad Imman Ali, a senior judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, and chairman of the Supreme Court Special Committee for Child Rights, has been monitoring all issues regarding filing of bail petitions for the detained accused children and their release, Saifur Rahman added.
The SC spokesman, however, could not specifically say the types of criminal cases in which the 27,480 people were accused, and received bail in last 15 working days
The virtual court functions started on May 11 after a gap of 46 days in order to deal with the urgent cases.
The regular activities of courts across the country including Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court remained closed since March 26 due to ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The closure is scheduled to continue till May 30.
On May 10, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain issued some directives for the courts about dealing with urgent cases through using information and communication technology during the ongoing closure.
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