Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Monday extended for one year its earlier order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two separate defamation cases.
The HC bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the order following two separate petitions filed by Khaleda Zia seeking extension of its earlier order.
Earlier on June 18 this year, the High Court bench led by
Muhammad Abdul Hafiz granted six months bail in the same cases.
AB Siddique, President of Bangladesh Jananetri Parishad, a pro-AL organisation, filed the cases against her on charges of hurting religious sentiments of Muslims and making derogatory comments on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
He filed one case with a Dhaka court on October 21, 2014, claiming that on October 14 of the same year, Khaleda gave speech hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims.
He filed the other defamation case against Khaleda with another Dhaka court on January 25, 2017, claiming that she had made derogatory remarks on Sheikh Mujib.
Khaleda filed two bail petitions with the HC on May 22.
The BNP Chief landed in jail on February 8 last year after a Dhaka court sentenced her to five years imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust case. The High Court on October 30 last year enhanced the punishment of Khaleda to 10 years imprisonment in this case.
Another Dhaka court on October 29 last year sentenced her to seven years in jail in Zia Charitable Trust case filed with Tejgaon Police Station on August 8, 2011.
The HC on April 30 this year accepted the BNP chairperson’s appeal to quash the trial court verdict in Zia Charitable Trust case and ordered the lower court officials to submit the case documents before it in two months for examining. Khaleda Zia had been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) since April 1 for treatment.
The High Court (HC) on Monday extended for one year its earlier order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two separate defamation cases.
The HC bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the order following two separate petitions filed by Khaleda Zia seeking extension of its earlier order.
Earlier on June 18 this year, the High Court bench led by
Muhammad Abdul Hafiz granted six months bail in the same cases.
AB Siddique, President of Bangladesh Jananetri Parishad, a pro-AL organisation, filed the cases against her on charges of hurting religious sentiments of Muslims and making derogatory comments on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
He filed one case with a Dhaka court on October 21, 2014, claiming that on October 14 of the same year, Khaleda gave speech hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims.
He filed the other defamation case against Khaleda with another Dhaka court on January 25, 2017, claiming that she had made derogatory remarks on Sheikh Mujib.
Khaleda filed two bail petitions with the HC on May 22.
The BNP Chief landed in jail on February 8 last year after a Dhaka court sentenced her to five years imprisonment in Zia Orphanage Trust case. The High Court on October 30 last year enhanced the punishment of Khaleda to 10 years imprisonment in this case.
Another Dhaka court on October 29 last year sentenced her to seven years in jail in Zia Charitable Trust case filed with Tejgaon Police Station on August 8, 2011.
The HC on April 30 this year accepted the BNP chairperson’s appeal to quash the trial court verdict in Zia Charitable Trust case and ordered the lower court officials to submit the case documents before it in two months for examining. Khaleda Zia had been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) since April 1 for treatment.
