Sohel Rana’s bail to remain stay

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ordered the disposal of the ruling issued on the bail of Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana within two months in a case filed over deaths during the collapse of the building in April 2013.

Till that time, Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana’s bail will remain stay, according to the court order.

A three-member Appellate Division bench led by senior Justice Ashfaqul Islam passed this order on Monday (October 28).

Earlier on October 1, a High Court bench of Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan and Justice KM Hafizul Alam granted six-month interim bail to Sohel Rana. The top court also issued rule on bail.

The next day, the Appellate Division stayed the bail.

At least 1,136 people, mostly garment workers, were killed and over 2,500 others injured after the eight-storey building came crashing down in Savar on April 24, 2013.

Sohel Rana, the owner of the building, is the main accused in the murder case filed over the incident.

On August 29, 2017, Sohel Rana was sentenced to three years’ simple imprisonment in a graft case.

On April 6, 2023, the High Court granted bail to owner Sohel in the same case. Later, the state counsel filed a petition challenging the legality of the HC order.  Later, on April 9, the Appellate Division stayed the order.