Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday granted six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed for passing remarks about the number of martyrs in the Liberation War.
The High Court Bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice
Kashefa Hussain granted the bail after hearing a petition filed by Khaleda Zia seeking bail in the case.
The BNP chief, however, was not released from the jail, as she had been arrested in at least two other cases, court sources said.
Khaleda filed the bail petition on Monday with the HC in the defamation case filed in 2016.
On January 5, 2016, A B Siddiqui, President of Jananetri Parishad, filed the case with Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court (CMM) in Dhaka.
As per prosecution, Khaleda Zia questioned the actual number of Liberation War martyrs at a discussion held in Dhaka on December 21, 2015.
Besides, she made objectionable remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday granted six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed for passing remarks about the number of martyrs in the Liberation War.
The High Court Bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice
Kashefa Hussain granted the bail after hearing a petition filed by Khaleda Zia seeking bail in the case.
The BNP chief, however, was not released from the jail, as she had been arrested in at least two other cases, court sources said.
Khaleda filed the bail petition on Monday with the HC in the defamation case filed in 2016.
On January 5, 2016, A B Siddiqui, President of Jananetri Parishad, filed the case with Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court (CMM) in Dhaka.
As per prosecution, Khaleda Zia questioned the actual number of Liberation War martyrs at a discussion held in Dhaka on December 21, 2015.
Besides, she made objectionable remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
