25 pro-BNP lawyers get anticipatory bail from HC

Twenty-five pro-BNP lawyers yesterday secured anticipatory bail from the High Court in a case filed over the violence on the Supreme Court Bar Association office premises on May 16.

The HC bench of Justice Md Salim and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan granted the bail till submission of the police report in this case following a petition filed the accused lawyers.

Earlier, the accused petitioners including BNP Joint Secretary General Mahbub Uddin Khokon, former secretary of SCBA Md Ruhul Kuddus Kazal, and BNP Law Affairs Secretary Kayser Kamal appeared before the HC bench for bail.

Md Rafiqullah, SCBA assistant superintendent, filed the case on May 16.

According to the case statement, the accused are pro-BNP-Jamaat lawyers. The informant filed the case, bringing allegations of attempting to murder a pro-Awami League lawyer, harassment of a female lawyer, theft, and vandalism.

Earlier in the same day, pro-BNP and AL-leaning lawyers scuffled while holding separate programmes on the SCBA office premises over its recent annual polls. The incident left around two dozen lawyers injured.