HC orders no arrest of ex-Chief Justice Khairul Haque in new case

The High Court has directed authorities not to arrest or harass former Chief Justice A B M Khairul Haque in any new case unless he is specifically named as an accused.

A High Court bench comprising Justice Razik-Al-Jalil and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury passed the order on Sunday (May 17) following a writ petition.

Lawyers Kamrul Haque Siddiqui, Sayeed Ahmed Raja, Mostafizur Rahman and Monayem Nabi Shaheen represented the petitioner before the court.

Earlier on May 12, Khairul Haque secured bail from the High Court in two cases filed over killings during the July mass uprising. Following the order, his lawyers said there was no legal barrier to his release from jail as he had obtained bail in all pending cases.

However, the state later challenged the High Court order by filing an appeal with the Appellate Division seeking a stay on the bail order.

Previously, on April 28, the Appellate Division upheld Khairul Haque’s bail in five separate cases, including allegations related to the killing of a Jubo Dal activist during the July uprising, alleged forgery of the caretaker government verdict, and corruption cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). He later secured bail in the remaining two cases from the High Court on May 12.

Khairul Haque currently faces a total of seven cases.

He was arrested from his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka on July 24 last year and was later shown arrested in multiple cases linked to the July uprising.