Why Nur Patwary got bail: HC

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of granting bail to Chandpur's Haimchar upazila Chairman Nur Hossain Patwary in a case filed for walking over a “human bridge” formed by students of Nilkamal School on January 30.

A picture of Nur walking over the “human bridge” went viral on the social media, drawing outrage and criticism, in the first week of February.

Abdul Kadir Gazi, guardian of one of the students, lodged the case against five people, including Nur, also general secretary of Awami League Haimchar upazila unit, under the children act.

Yesterday, the HC issued a rule asking the judge of Shishu Adalot (child court) of Chandpur to show causes in two weeks under what authority his court granted bail to Nur Hossain in this case.

After hearing a revision petition filed by Gazi, It also asked the government to explain why the bail order should not be scrapped.

Petitioner's counsel Shaharia Kabir Biplob said Chandpur's Shishu Adalot granted the bail on March 29 although the case against him was pending with the chief judicial magistrate court of the district and even the charge sheet was not submitted yet.