In the evening, she was taken to Square Hospital in the capital for a medical check-up.
Earlier, at 10:30am in the morning, the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Baki Billah passed the order freeing Rozina Islam from prison and allowing her to fight the legal charges levelled at her without having to undergo detention.
She was granted ad-interim bail till July 15, the date of the next hearing filed under the Official Secrets Act-1923.
Magistrate Mohammad Baki Billah granted her bail on a bond of Tk 5,000 with two guarantors one of whom must be a lawyer, and the other a legal guardian.
Order on Rozina’s bail Sunday
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
A virtual court in Dhaka today set Sunday for passing an order on the bail petition filed by Prothom Alo Senior Reporter Rozina Islam in a case filed by the health ministry under the Official Secrets Act and penal code.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Baki Billah set the date this afternoon following a long hearing.
Rozina was not produced before the court during the hearing.
The prosecution wanted to delay the bail hearing so that they could submit a video that surfaced last night as evidence for perusal by the court.