Staff Reporter :
The government on Sunday filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court verdict that granted bail to Aysha Siddika Minni in the case filed over her husband Rifat Sharif’s murder in Barguna.
The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique may hear the petition today (Monday).
Earlier in the morning, the High Court released the full text of its judgement that granted bail to Aysha Siddika Minni.
The release of the verdict has cleared the way for the authorities concerned to take necessary steps for releasing Minni from Barguna jail.
On August 29, the High Court granted bail to Aysha Siddika Minni in the case but on conditions that she will remain in her father’s custody and she will not be able to talk with media. Otherwise, her bail will be cancelled.
The High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman delivered the judgement by declaring the rule absolute.
After the court’s bail, Minni’s lawyer Advocate ZI Khan Panna said, “The High Court granted bail to Minni considering her age, gender, absence of her name in the FIR report and some other issues. This is a milestone judgement for the judiciary.”
Deputy Attorney General Md Sarwar Hossain, who stood for the state, said that they would file appeal petition against the HC order.
Meanwhile, the HC bench ordered the Home Secretary and IGP to take initiatives to formulate a policy on press briefing by the law enforcers after arresting someone or at the investigating stage of a case.
Before that a Barguna court also rejected Minni’s bail petition twice on July 22 and 30 respectively.
After being rejected in the trial court, Minni filed the bail petition with the HC through her lawyers on August 5.
Police arrested Minni on July 16 after a daylong interrogation and produced her in the court for remand the following day. No lawyer represented Minni during the remand hearing in the court.
Rifat Sharif, a 25-year-old Internet service provider, was indiscriminately hacked by a group of youths there.
In a video footage of the incident that went viral in the social media, Minni was seen screaming and trying in vain to save her husband from the assailants.
The victim’s father filed a murder case with Barguna Sadar Police Station on against 12 people on the same day.
