Mojahid denied bail, asked to face trial court
The chamber judge of the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the bail petition of Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General and former minister Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid in Barapukuria coalmine graft case.
Emerging from the chamber of Justice M Joynul Abedin, the counsel for Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khurshid Alam Khan, who opposed the bail petition, told the news agency that Mojahid's petition was “dismissed as being not pressed.”
Barrister Abdur Razzaq, the counsel for Mojahid, did not agree with the opinion of the counsel for the ACC and told reporters that after making a brief submission “I didn't press for it.”
After hearing the petition, Justice Abedin passed an order that says: “Abdur Razzaq, learned counsel, submits that he will not press for the leave petition. Accordingly, the leave petition is dismissed as being not pressed.”
During the hearing, Justice Abedin advised the counsel for Mojahid to approach the High Court or the trial court seeking redress, court sources said.
They added that apprehending refusal of the chamber judge, barrister Razzaq told the court that he would not press for bail.
Barrister Razzaq moved to the court for hearing on a pending petition filed by Mojahid for leave-to-appeal against June 3 bail-denial order passed by the High Court following issuance of arrest warrants by Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge M Azizul Huq on Monday against Mojahid and eight others, a day after accepting the charge-sheet in Barapukuria coalmine case.
BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia is the principal accused in the case.
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