The High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued a notice to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat asking why his bail should not be cancelled in a money laundering case, reports UNB.
The bench Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat issued the rule on a plea by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking cancellation of Samrat’s bail.
The court also fixed October 23 as the next date of hearing.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the anti-graft body during the hearing.
Earlier on Monday, the ACC lawyer filed the plea after taking permission from the High Court bench of justices.
On August 22, Judge Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 granted bail to Samrat in the money laundering case.
The court also granted him bail till September 19 considering his poor health condition on a Tk 10,000 bond.
Samrat was under treatment at the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital from November 24 last year.
RAB detained Samrat and his associate Enamul Haque Arman from Chauddagram in Cumilla district in October 2019.
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