Abrar Death Case: SC upholds HC order staying trial of Matiur
Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings of a case filed against Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman over the death of Dhaka Residential Model College student Naimul Abrar Rahat.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed no order on a petition filed by the state seeking stay on the HC order.
The HC stay order on the trial proceedings of the case will now remain in force, Matiur s lawyer Mustafizur Rahman Khan told The Daily Star.
HC stays trial proceedings against Matiur Rahman
Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman. Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
The High Court yesterday stayed for six months the trial proceedings of a case filed against Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman over the death of Dhaka Residential Model College student Naimul Abrar Rahat.
The court also issued a rule asking the state to explain in four weeks why the case proceedings against Matiur Rahman should not be scrapped.
The HC bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Md Atoar Rahman came up with the order and rule following a petition filed by Matiur Rahman seeking the cancellation of trial proceedings.