BANGLADESH NEWS
Police on Thursday charged 25 lawyers loyal to the main opposition BNP with vandalising metropolitan sessions and district judges’ courts on May 22.
Abidul Islam, a sub-inspector at Kotwali Police Station, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka in the afternoon.
The charge sheet was submitted under the Speedy Trial (Law and Order Disruption) Act which allows the judge only 30 work days to complete the trial if the accused are on bail or in custody.
But, the trial may take up to 60 work days if some of the defendants are on the run, according to the law.
June 13 has been set for a hearing on acceptance of the charge sheet.
The court, meanwhile, fixed June 3 for hearing bail petitions filed earlier in the day by 22 of the lawyers accused in the case.
First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Shahidul Islam Faruque passed the order as the lawyers’ bail term granted by the High Court will expire on June 3.
Dhaka Bar Association President Borhanuddin and 21 other accused secured the bail for 10 days from the HC in the case on May 24.
The lawyers will be at liberty until June 3, the court said Thursday.
Earlier in the morning, the lawyers surrendered to the court and sought bail in compliance with a HC order.
The vandalism took place on May 22 when members of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum boycotted all the judges' and magistrates' courts in the capital protesting a court order sending BNP lawmaker Mahbub Uddin Khokon to jail in an arson case.
Kotwali police filed the case against 29 pro-BNP lawyers on the same day. Seven other accused have not sought bail yet.
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