The High Court has asked Bangla Tribune Journalist Ariful Islam to be the petitioner of the writ filed, seeking its order to declare his conviction illegal.
The writ petition was filed by Advocate Ishrat Hasan on behalf of online news portal Bangla Tribune's Executive Editor Harun-Ur-Rashid on Mar 15.
The bench of Justice Md Ashraful Kamal and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir gave the order and scheduled the next hearing at 2pm on Monday (Mar 23).
On Mar 16, the High Court asked for the submission of all documents related to his conviction and bail by the next hearing scheduled Monday.
On Mar 15, the High Court ordered the state to submit before it a copy of the conviction and one-year imprisonment sentence, issued by a mobile court, of the journalist.
The bench passed the order after hearing the writ petition and asked the state to respond to five questions over the mobile court's judgment.
On Mar 14, Ariful, Kurigram district correspondent for Bangla Tribune, was sent to jail, soon after the mobile court, set up at the Kurigram DC's office, ended the trial proceedings.
The mobile court in the dead of night jailed the journalist for a year, after law enforcement members led by magistrates picked him up from his home in Kurigram town.
The mobile court brought an allegation against the journalist that drugs and alcohol were recovered from his possession, which his family termed absurd.