The High Court (HC) on Monday granted interim bail to Sonia Akter Smrity, a Mahila Dal leader in Rajbari, in a case filed over posting ‘offensive’ content on facebook defaming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB.
The High Court bench of Justices Md Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Shahed Nuruddin passed the order.
Former Attorney General AJ Mohammad Ali stood for the accused during the hearing.
Smrity, wife of Md Khokon Mia of No 3 Beradanga area of Rajbari Sadar, is a member of Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal’s Rajbari district unit. Besides, she runs a bllod donation organization named Rajbari Blood Donors Club.
Police arrested Smrity on October 4 in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for making posting offensive content on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook.
Arefin Chowdhury, member secretary of Rajbari district Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote, lodged an FIR against her.
On October 5, Judge Kaisun Nahar Surma of Rajbari No 1 Judicial Magistrate Court rejected Smrity’s bail plea and ordered to send her to jail.
On October 26, Rajbari Sessions Judge Court also denied bail to Smrity which prompted her to seek bail from the HC.
In her bail plea, Smrity requested the HC to consider her as a woman and a mother of two children.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque