The High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to Jhumon Das Apan who was arrested six month ago in a case filed against him for ‘disrupting law and order’ by posting a ‘provocative speech’ against Hefazat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque through his verified Facebook account.
An online bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar granted Jhumon’s bail for one year, clearing his release from the Sunamganj District Jail, his lawyer Tapos Bandhu Das told.
Jhumon, 25, prayed for bail in the High Court on September 19 after the Sunamganj district and sessions judge rejected Jhumon’s bail prayer on August 9.
Jhumon was arrested on March 17 as a suspect and later he was shown arrested in the case filed by Sulla police station’s sub-inspector Abdul Karim on March 22. He filed the case against Jhumon accusing him of disrupting law and order in the district by posting ‘aggressive and defamatory comment’ on his Facebook on March 16 with a distorted picture of Mamunul Haque.
The police alleged that the Facebook post led to the attack on the Hindu community at village Noagaon on March 16 and during the attack about 90 houses were vandalised and looted.
Rights activists condemned Jhumon’s arrest and demanded his release, stating that his arrest was made to the gag citizens’ fundamental right to express their thoughts.
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