Two Chittagong courts yesterday granted bail to three officials of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in two separate cases filed for demeaning the judiciary.
TIB Chairman M Hafizuddin Khan, Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman and Senior Fellow Wahid Alam got bail in the cases filed on December 26 last year.
Judicial Magistrate Keshab Chandra Roy set bail at Tk 10,000 each in the case filed by Mujibul Haq, a member of Chittagong District Bar Association.
And Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubur Rahman freed each of them on Tk 500 bail in the case filed by Md Mohiuddin, another member of the association.
The cases were filed in connection with the December 23 TIB survey report which said the judiciary was the most corrupt service sector in Bangladesh.
M Hafizuddin Khan in his reaction yesterday said they are fully respectful to the court. The TIB report was based on information collected from the masses as well as the media, he said.
Iftekharuzzaman said their intention was not to humiliate anybody.
Defence counsel Rehana Begum Ranu said the next date of the hearing is yet to be known.