Staff Reporter :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court verdict that granted bail to Aysha Siddika Minni in the case filed over her husband Rifat Sharif’s murder in Barguna.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed “no order” on a government petition seeking stay on Minni’s bail.
Advocate ZI Khan Panna, a lawyer for Minni, said there is no legal bar for Minni to get released from the jail following the SC order.
Advocate Panna took part in the hearing on behalf of Minni while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Deputy Attorney General KM Jahid Sarwar Kazal stood for the state.
On August 29, the High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman granted bail to Aysha Siddika Minni in the case 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.
Before that a Barguna court 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 in Barguna.
In a video footage of the incident that went viral on 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 against 12 people on the same day.
