HC grants convicted SP bail, suspends jail sentence
The High Court yesterday granted bail to a Habiganj superintendent of police (SP), who was earlier sentenced to 35 years' rigorous imprisonment by the lower court in a bribery case.
Following an appeal, the HC also suspended the jail sentence of Mostofa Kamal.
The bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed accepted for hearing the appeal filed by Mostafa challenging the lower court verdict that convicted and sentenced him to jail in the case.
Mostafa's lawyer Rokanuddin Mahmud told The Daily Star that his client would get his job back after he was released from jail following the HC order, as he was not dismissed.
Rokanuddin added that the HC came up with the order after hearing his argument that the lower court in its verdict said Mostafa had returned the money, which the law enforcer had taken from the informant for security reasons.
According to the case statement, police detained Salahuddin Ahmed, owner of SA Paribahan Ltd, and his employees in Habiganj on December 22, 2002. They were going to Sylhet with Tk 20 lakh.
When asked why they were arrested, Kamal told them it was for security reasons. Police forcibly took the money and did not return it.
Three cases were filed against Salahuddin under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, Narcotics Control Act, and Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. The law enforcers also demanded Tk 30 lakh for Salahuddin's release.
After his release, Salauddin filed the bribery case against Kamal and Sub-inspector Md Wahed Miah.
A Dhaka court on December 19 last year sentenced Mostafa to 35 years' rigorous imprisonment, but acquitted Wahed from the charges.
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