State moves to freeze Subarnachar rape suspect’s bail

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Published : 22:05, Mar 21, 2019 | Updated : 22:07, Mar 21, 2019

On Monday (Mar 18), the High Court granted bail for a year to suspect Ruhul Amin and on Thursday (Mar 21), an appeal was filed against the order.The state has filed an appeal against bail for the prime suspect in the rape of a woman at Noakhali’s Subarnachar on the night of Dec 30 last year after the 11th National Election.
On Monday (Mar 18), the High Court granted bail for a year to suspect Ruhul Amin and on Thursday (Mar 21), an appeal was filed against the order.
The state also accuses the defence of providing misleading information to the court while moving for bail, said Deputy Attorney General Biswajit Roy.
“The bail petition was originally filed with the bench of justices M Enayetur Rahim and Md Mostafizur Rahman, but the defence then moved the bench of justices Mamnoon Rahman and SM Kuddus Zaman, which granted the suspect bail. It was clear effort to mislead the state,” he told the media on Thursday after challenging the High Court’s decision.
Roy claimed that counsel Ashek-E-Rasul, who represented the suspect, told the court that his client’s named was not in the first information report and also argued that the investigation was yet to complete.
“On Mar 18, the court granted bail for suspect Ruhul Amin as well as issued a rule asking why his one-year bail will not be extended and ordered the state to respond by four weeks. A copy of the order was available on Thursday and an appeal was filed soon after,” said Deputy Attorney General Roy.
He said the Supreme Court’s chamber judge is likely to hear the matter next week.
Ruhul Amin was the publicity affairs secretary of Subarnachar Awami League, but the party expelled him after his alleged involvement in the rape case. He was also a former member of Char Jubilee Union Parishad.
The victim’s husband, however, previously claimed to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that the First Information Report (FIR) of the criminal case filed by him was not written by him as he is illiterate and his complaint was altered by those who wrote it for him.

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