Law week
8 AL leaders acquitted (2006 violence)
A Dhaka court on 28th December 2011 acquitted eight members of the ruling Awami League and its front organisations of vandalism and assault on police in a 2006 case after the prosecution witnesses did not turn up for sixteen consecutive hearings. -The Daily Star online edition December 29, 2011.
Ex-CID officials appeal for discharge
Three former officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on 28th December 2011 appealed to a Dhaka court to discharge them from the August 21 grenade attack case filed under the explosive substances act. Judge Shahed Nuruddin fixed January 4, 2012 for the next hearing. -The Daily Star online edition December 29, 2011.
168 BNP men get bail
The High Court on 28th December 2011 granted bail to 168 BNP leaders and workers for two months in eight cases filed in connection with the violence in the capital and Sirajganj on December 18. The HC bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Md Anwarul Haque passed the orders after hearing five bail petitions filed by the accused. - The Daily Star online edition December 29, 2011.
War crimes charges sent back again
The prosecution suffered its second setback in a week on 28th December 2011 as the International Crimes Tribunal refused to consider the war crimes charges against Jamaat-e-Islami leaders Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Muhammad Kamaruzzaman because of flawed paper work and documentation. The tribunal asked the chief prosecutor to fix the flaws and submit the charges again next month. The tribunal asked the chief prosecutor to fix the flaws and submit the charges again next month. -The Daily Star online edition December 29, 2011.
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