Dhaka, May 24 (Just News): The High Court is likely to pass its orders on Sunday on bail petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in three cases.
A bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice JBM Hasan heard the bail pleas in one case, saying they will hear the rest two bail petitions and pass orders on Sunday.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said, "The hearing in one case filed for killing people by hurling petrol bombs in Cumilla was concluded while the hearing in remaining two cases were still pending."
Among the two cases, one was filed in Cumilla on charge of plotting to carry out subversive acts and another in Narail on charge of defamation.
Earlier on May 19, the HC granted permission to Khaleda for filing the bail petitions after her lawyers sought for it.
The Appellate Division earlier on May 18 upheld the High Court order that had granted bail to convicted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust case.
However, the BNP chief was not freed from jail as Khaleda Zia was shown arrested in the cases filed with different police stations in Cumilla, Dhaka, Narail and Panchagarh.
The BNP chairperson is now facing a total of 36 cases.
(Justnews/ys/2240hr)
