Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Monday sought an explanation from a lower court judge for granting bail to suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) for prisons for Chattogram range Partha Gopal Banik in a case filed over the recovery of Tk 80 lakh from his residence in Dhaka.
The HC Bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order after holding hearing of an
appeal petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against the bail order.
Judge Iqbal Hossain of Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-5 has been asked to explain the matter within seven days.
The court also asked the authorities concerned of Channel-24, a private television channel, to submit within seven days a copy of the report that questioned the Dhaka court order over granting the bail.
Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan who appeared in the court on behalf of the ACC said that Judge Iqbal Hossain of the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka on June 17 granted bail to Partha Gopal in an “unusual manner” although there are specific allegations against him.
The Channel-24 has published a report on “unusually” granting bail to Partha Gopal, he said, adding that Partha Gopal got released from jail following the Dhaka court order.
The judge granted him bail till July 15 upon a bond of Tk 50,000 with two guarantors, one of whom must be a local guardian and the other a practicing lawyer.
Earlier some other lower courts and HC Benches refused to grant him bail.
