UNB, Dhaka :
The High Court on Monday granted interim bail for six months to Abu Bakar Siddique, the owner of the launch Pinak-6 that capsized in the Padma River with overloaded passengers in August last year.
An HC division bench, comprising Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore passed the order, following a petition filed by the accused in the launch capsize case.
Earlier, the lower court had rejected his bail plea.
Emerging from the court, deputy attorney general M Bashir Ullah told reporters that the government would move the Appellate Division against the HC order.
The incident took place on August 4 last year when the overloaded launch Pinak-6 with over 250 passengers on board from Kawrakandi capsized in the river 800 yards off Mawa Ghat (jetty) due to strong currents while it was heading towards the jetty. Over 50 bodies were recovered leaving many passengers missing.
Abu Bakar Siddique was arrested on August 14 last year following a case filed against him along with five others in connection with the accident.
Jahangir Bhuiyan, Mawa Ghat inspector of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) lodged the case with Louhajang Police Station in Munshiganj on August 5, last year.
The High Court on Monday granted interim bail for six months to Abu Bakar Siddique, the owner of the launch Pinak-6 that capsized in the Padma River with overloaded passengers in August last year.
An HC division bench, comprising Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore passed the order, following a petition filed by the accused in the launch capsize case.
Earlier, the lower court had rejected his bail plea.
Emerging from the court, deputy attorney general M Bashir Ullah told reporters that the government would move the Appellate Division against the HC order.
The incident took place on August 4 last year when the overloaded launch Pinak-6 with over 250 passengers on board from Kawrakandi capsized in the river 800 yards off Mawa Ghat (jetty) due to strong currents while it was heading towards the jetty. Over 50 bodies were recovered leaving many passengers missing.
Abu Bakar Siddique was arrested on August 14 last year following a case filed against him along with five others in connection with the accident.
Jahangir Bhuiyan, Mawa Ghat inspector of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) lodged the case with Louhajang Police Station in Munshiganj on August 5, last year.
