Lawyer Juthi, 3 others get 8 weeks' anticipatory bail

The High Court has granted eight weeks' anticipatory bail to four Supreme Court lawyers including Nahid Sultana Juthi in a case filed over the violence centring the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election.

Three other lawyers are--former deputy attorney general Shakila Rawshan Jahan, former assistant attorney general Zakir Hossain Masud and Fatema Moushumi Kabita.

An HC bench comprising of Justice Abu Taher Shaifur Rahman and Justice SM Masud Hossain passed the order on Wednesday following two separate petitions filed by the accused lawyers seeking anticipatory bail in the case.

Earlier in the day, the accused lawyers appeared before the HC bench for bail.

On March 8, Assistant Attorney General Shaifour Rahman Siddique Saif filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station naming independent candidate Nahid Sultana Juthi, wife of Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash, former SCBA secretary Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal, and 17 others.

He alleged that the accused including independent candidate Nahid Sultana Juthi threatened the election commissioner to declare the result without even counting the votes, snatched one iPhone and Taka 15,000 in cash and tried to kill him with stick, chair and rod.