SC order on govt appeal today

The Supreme Court is set today to pass an order on the government's petitions challenging the High Court orders that granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three vandalism and arson cases.

The pleas were enlisted in today's cause list of a four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, as the medical report of Fakhrul reached the apex court yesterday afternoon, the BNP leader's lawyer Sagir Hossain Leon told The Daily Star.  

He said the authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) sent the medical report to the SC as per the court's order on July 5.

The Appellate Division was scheduled yesterday to pass an order on the three petitions. But it didn't pass the order because of not getting the report on time.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told this correspondent that Fakhrul would not be released from jail until the SC granted him bail.

On July 5, the SC ordered the BSMMU authorities to form a four-member medical board to examine Fakhrul's health and submit a report by yesterday.

On June 21, the HC gave bail to Fakhrul in the three cases filed with Paltan Police Station on January 4, 5 and 7 under the Explosive Substances Act.

Later, the government filed the three petitions with the SC seeking stay on the HC orders.