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No bail for the big wigs

By Adnan Karim

It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial while in custody. After the High Court Division of the Supreme Court ordered that some of them should be released on bail, the Chief Justice of Bangladesh took away bail power from those benches. Also, those orders were later stayed by the Appellate Division.
Mayor of Rajshahi was arrested during the drive. He got bail from the sub-ordinate court in one case only to be arrested by the security forces again on another case. The mayor of Sylhet faced the same fate as well. At the moment, once arrested under the emergency provisions, there doesn't seem to be any way to get out, not even through court.

Full post as published by Law Chronicles Online on June 12, 2007 (boomark / email).