Staff Reporter :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Rajshahi to resume the trial proceedings of journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul murder case in Sirajganj.
The apex court has declared the writ petition ineffective. The petition
was filed by some accused of the case with the High Court challenging the government decision to transfer the case to a Speedy Trial Tribunal of Rajshahi from a court of the district.
A four-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain also dismissed the government’s leave to appeal petition as the writ petition has become ineffective.
There is no legal bar for the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Rajshahi to resume the trial proceedings of Abdul Hakim Shimul murder case following the SC order, said Deputy Attorney General Bishwajit Debnath.
Following a writ petition, the HC on August 29 this year stayed the trial proceedings of the case for six months and issued a rule.
Later on, the government filed a leave to appeal petition with the Appellate Division of the SC challenging the HC’s stay order.
Writ petitioners’ lawyer Advocate A M Aminuddin told the SC that his clients would not proceed with the writ petition before the HC.
Shimul, Shahzadpur correspondent of Daily Samakal, was injured when Halimul Haque Miru, the suspended Mayor of Shahzadpur municipality in Sirajganj district, allegedly opened fire during a factional clash between ruling Awami League on February 2, 2017. He died the following day. On February 4, 2017, Shimul’s wife Nurunnahar filed a murder case with Shahzadpur Police Station against Miru, his two brothers, and 15 others.
A notification had been issued on December 28, 2018 transferring the case to the speedy trial tribunal of Rajshahi from a Sirajganj court. The accused of the case filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of the notification.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Rajshahi to resume the trial proceedings of journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul murder case in Sirajganj.
The apex court has declared the writ petition ineffective. The petition
was filed by some accused of the case with the High Court challenging the government decision to transfer the case to a Speedy Trial Tribunal of Rajshahi from a court of the district.
A four-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain also dismissed the government’s leave to appeal petition as the writ petition has become ineffective.
There is no legal bar for the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Rajshahi to resume the trial proceedings of Abdul Hakim Shimul murder case following the SC order, said Deputy Attorney General Bishwajit Debnath.
Following a writ petition, the HC on August 29 this year stayed the trial proceedings of the case for six months and issued a rule.
Later on, the government filed a leave to appeal petition with the Appellate Division of the SC challenging the HC’s stay order.
Writ petitioners’ lawyer Advocate A M Aminuddin told the SC that his clients would not proceed with the writ petition before the HC.
Shimul, Shahzadpur correspondent of Daily Samakal, was injured when Halimul Haque Miru, the suspended Mayor of Shahzadpur municipality in Sirajganj district, allegedly opened fire during a factional clash between ruling Awami League on February 2, 2017. He died the following day. On February 4, 2017, Shimul’s wife Nurunnahar filed a murder case with Shahzadpur Police Station against Miru, his two brothers, and 15 others.
A notification had been issued on December 28, 2018 transferring the case to the speedy trial tribunal of Rajshahi from a Sirajganj court. The accused of the case filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of the notification.
