The jail authorities on Tuesday halted the release of 11 pro-Awami League lawyers after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court had stayed their bail in a case related to the July鈥揂ugust mass uprising.
The stay came as part of the Appellate Division chamber judge鈥檚 decision to suspend until May 5 High Court bail orders granted to at least 30 pro-AL leaders and activists in similar cases.
The Appellate Division also scheduled a full hearing on the state鈥檚 appeal challenging the bail orders for May 5.
A total of 61 pro-AL lawyers were sent to jail on April 6 after surrendering before the lower court in connection with the case.
Pro-AL lawyer Md Azhar Ullah Bhuiyan told 抖阴精品 that although the High Court had granted bail to at least 30 of them, the release of 11 lawyers was halted after the stay order relating to the lawyers. The order reached Kashimpur High Security Jail on Monday.
The case was filed over the alleged assault of pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawyers, vandalism of their chambers, and attempt to murder them during the anti-discrimination student movement on August 4, 2024, a day before prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5, 2024.
Additional attorney general Abdul Zabbar Bhuiyan and deputy attorney general Zahirul Islam Suman opposed the bail during the hearing by the Appellate Division鈥檚 chamber judge, Justice Md Rezaul Haque.
