Samrat’s bail: High Court warns judge

The High Court has warned Judge of the Special Judge Court-6 of Dhaka Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman as he granted bail to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat without receiving medical reports.

The HC has directed the judge not to do this again in future.

The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo came up with the opinion on Wednesday.

Earlier the court cancelled bail granted to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

Earlier on May 11, the Judge of the Special Judge Court-6 of Dhaka, Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman, granted bail to Samrat in the ACC case.

On November 12 of 2019, the ACC filed the case against Samrat with its Integrated District office-1 of Dhaka for amassing an illegal wealth of Tk 2.94 crore.