Ilias Ali, 42 other Sylhet BNP men get bail
The High Court (HC) yesterday granted anticipatory bail for six months to 43 BNP leaders and workers of Sylhet, including former BNP lawmaker Ilias Ali, in a criminal case filed by the police.
Responding to a bail petition jointly filed by the accused, an HC bench of Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah and Justice Md Delwar Hossain also issued a rule upon the government to show cause within four weeks as to why the petitioners should not be granted regular bail in this case.
The petitioners appeared yesterday before the HC bench seeking bail in the case.
Petitioners' counsel Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokon yesterday told The Daily Star that Bishwanath police in Sylhet on January 14 filed the case against 50 local BNP leaders and workers, including Ilias Ali, on charges of creating obstacle to the police in discharging their duties on December 31 last year when the police went near Dohal Primary School, a polling station for December 29 parliamentary election, to recover some abandoned ballot papers.
He said six of the accused are now in jail, one has left for London before the December 29 election and 43 others have been granted bail from the High Court in this case.
Barrister Moudud Ahmed appeared for the petitioners.
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