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bdnews24.com Erfan Selim
The Supreme Court has upheld the bail granted to Erfan Selim, the son of MP Haji Selim, in a case over ‘assaulting’ a navy officer in Dhanmondi. );
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The state’s petition to appeal the bail set by the High Court was scrapped by a six-member virtual appellate bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Sunday.
Additional Attorney General Sheikh Md Morshed and Deputy Attorney General Biswajit Debnath represented the state at the hearing, while lawyers Baset Mazumder and Sayeed Ahmed Raza represented Erfan.
“There is nothing to bar him from being released from jail as the Supreme Court has rejected the state’s appeal,” Raza said after the hearing.
SC stays HC bail order for main accused in RU student rape case
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Star Digital Report
The Supreme Court stayed for eight weeks today a High Court order that granted ad-interim bail to Mahfuzur Rahman Sharod, the main accused in a case filed for raping and blackmailing a student of Rajshahi University in January last year.
Chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the stay order following a petition filed by the state seeking a stay on the HC bail order.
The apex court judge also asked the state to move a leave to appeal petition before this court in eight weeks challenging the HC order.
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