SC upholds Khaleda Zia's bail in 2 defamation cases

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld six-month bail granted to BNP Chief Khaleda Zia by the High Court in two cases filed against her on defamation charges.

An appellate division bench comprised of three justices and headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order Monday.

Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali stood for Khaleda while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam for the state.

Earlier, on August 13 and 14 respectively, the High Court granted a six-month bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in defamation cases filed against her in Narail and Dhaka.

On December 21, 2015, Khaleda Zia at a discussion at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh here raised a question about the actual number of Liberation War martyrs saying, ‘There’re controversies over how many were martyred in the Liberation War. There’re many books and documents on the controversies.’

Reacting to Khaleda’s remarks, Raihan Farooque Imam of Naragati in Narail filed the case with the Cognisance Court on December 24, 2015.

On January 5, 2016, AB Siddiqui, president of Jananetri Parishad, filed the case with Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.


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