The High Court issues a rule asking why he should not be granted permanent bail
June 30, 2026
Staff Correspondent
bdnews24.com
The High Court has granted interim bail for six months to former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque over his alleged connection to a murder during the July Uprising in Dhaka’s Jatrabari.
A bench of Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher passed the order on Tuesday, issuing a rule asking why he should not be granted permanent bail.
Sheikh Hasina is among 130 accused in the case, which stems from a businessman's killing during the 2024 protests
The economist has been denied release from jail due to the case
Petition alleges he was detained arbitrarily, illegally and with intent to harass, humiliate and subject him to undue hardship
He had been recently granted bail by the High Court in an Anti-terrorism Act case
Lawyers say there is no bar to his release from jail
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