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Published: 23 Dec 2020 06:32 PM BdST
Updated: 23 Dec 2020 06:32 PM BdST
The Supreme Court’s chamber judge has upheld the six-month halt the High Court issued on the trial proceedings against Matiur Rahman, the editor of the Prothom Alo, in a case over the death of Residential Model College student Nayeemul Abrar Rahat. );
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Justice Hasan Foez Sidduque dropped the case from Wednesday’s cause list and issued a “no order” on it, said Mostafizur Rahman Khan, the lawyer for Matiur.
“It means that the High Court’s stay order has been upheld,” Khan said.
The High Court panel of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan on Dec 13 issued the stay order along with a rule asking why the case against Matiur should not be scrapped.
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The High Court has suspended for six months the trial proceedings against Prothom Alo s Editor Matiur Rahman in a case over the death of Residential Model College student Nayeemul Abrar Rahat. );
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Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan issued the order on Sunday along with a rule asking why the case against Matiur should not be scrapped.
Lawyer Mostafizur Rahman Khan appeared on behalf of the editor in court, while Deputy Attorney General Saifuddin Khaled represented the state.
Abrar was electrocuted during an event organised by Prothom Alo’s youth magazine Kishor Alo on the school campus in November 2019.