SC upholds bail of former justice

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Md Joynul Abedin’s bail, which he secured from the High Court following a notice by ACC seeking his bank statement, will continue.

Justice Joynul headed the one-man judicial enquiry into the grenade attack on an Awami League rally at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 2004 and his probe report found "foreign enemy link" with the attack.

Today, the apex court also asked the High Court to hear and dispose of the rule issued over granting permanent bail to Joynul Abedin in connection with the notice issued by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2010.

A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah passed the order after hearing an appeal filed by the ACC challenging the High Court’s July 10 order that granted anticipatory bail to the judge for six weeks in this connection.

ACC’s lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star that Justice Joynul Abedin will remain on bail until the High Court disposes of the rule.