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The Supreme Court has not granted bail to two former deputy commissioners of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Khan Saeed Hasan and Obaidur Rahman Khan, who were convicted in a grenade attack at an Awami League rally on August 21.
An appeals bench headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on Sunday dismissed the pleas of the two. As a result, the two convicted deputy commissioners must remain in jail, the attorneys said.
Lawyer Arshadur Rauf appeared for the defendants in the Appeals Division. Attorney Jamilur Rahman was with him. Attorney General AM Amin Uddin appeared for the state.
The two were sentenced to two years in prison under three sections of the Penal Code. As all penalties will be effective at the same time, in your case a total of two years in prison will apply. They appealed the sentence to the Superior Court and also requested bail. On March 9, the Superior Court rejected his request for bail.
Deputy Attorney General Biswajit Debnath said the two defendants escaped until the day of the verdict. On January 26, 2019, they surrendered to justice and requested bail, annulling the sentence. On March 9, the Superior Court rejected his request for bail. They then went to the Appeals Division. Today (Sunday) the Appeals Division also rejected his request. As a result, they have to remain in jail.
The court sentenced 19 people to death, including the BNP-Jamaat alliance minister of state for the home, Lutfuzzaman Babar, and former deputy minister Abdus Salam Pintu, for trying to “leave the party without a leader” by launching a grenade attack. against an anti-terrorist demonstration on Bangabandhu avenue in Dhaka 14 years ago.
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