UNB, Dhaka :The High Court (HC) on Monday asked a lower court of Chittagong to explain why the trial proceedings of a murder case filed with Swandip Police Station was yet to be disposed 23 years after being filed.A two-member HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice JBM Hassan passed the order after the hearing of a revision bail petition filed by an accused in the case. Judge of Additional Session Judge Court-4 of Chittagong has been asked to give explanation to HC in two weeks for the delay in the trial proceedings of the murder case. The court also directed to dispose the case proceedings in the next three months and asked to take action against the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case if he/she fails to produce any witness.According to the case proceedings, a group of miscreants killed one Abbas Uddin, a resident of Swandip upazila on August 6, 1993. On the following day, a case was filed with Swandip Police Station in connection with the incident. On October 19 of that year, police submitted a chargesheet against six people including one Fayezuddin Ahmed alias Foyez Choukidar.However, the trial proceedings of the case were started on 1999, six years after the incident took place.On May 11, 2016, police arrested Foyezuddin in connection with Abbas Uddin killing case.Later, he filed a bail petition with a lower court. However, the court rejected his petition.Following this, Foyezuddin filed a revision bail petition with the HC, taking the case under the limelight of the HC. After studying the case record, the HC also issued a rule asking the lower court concerned why Foyezuddin should not be granted bail in the case. M Anwarul Islam stood for the accused while Deputy Attorney General (AG) Sheikh AKM Maniruzzaman Kabir and Assistant AG M Shahidul Islam Khan argued for the state.
