Kaiser Kamal, one of the lawyers for the BNP chief, submitted the bail petition to the High Court on Sunday. “Bail can be sought from the High Court even though another bail petition is pending in the judge court because the High Court has the inherent power to grant bail,” he told bdnews24.com, referring to a bail petition in the same case pending in a judge court. “Now it’s up to the High Court to decide on the matter. The charge-framing and bail hearing in the case was slated for Jan 16. But Additional District and Sessions Court Judge M Ali Akbar deferred the hearing on an application for adjournment by the state.

Source: bd News24 January 20, 2019 16:52 UTC