In a High Court ruling today, Tufan Sarkar, a suspended Sramik League leader of Bogura, was barred from seeking bail from any court of the country for the next six months in a corruption case filed against him for committing fraudulence with the court.

Tufan Sarkar committed forgery with the HC by submitting a fresh bail petition before it, although a rule over this issue has been pending at the same court, Anti-Corruption Commission's lawyer Sazzad Hossain told The Daily Star.

The ACC filed the case with Bogura Sadar Police Station on December 31, 2018 against Tufan, who earned notoriety after allegedly raping a college student and shaving the heads of both the victim and her mother in Bogura.

The corruption case against Tufan, now in jail, was filed for amassing wealth of Tk 1.59 crore illegally.

Lawyer Sazzad Hossain said filing a fresh bail petition with the HC while a rule, issued by the same court earlier on the same case remains pending, is a forgery.

Following another bail petition previously filed by Tufan, the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman on September 9 last year issued the rule asking the ACC and state to explain why he should not be granted bail in the case.

Tufan submitted the bail petition to the same bench on March 9 this year through lawyer Md Shah Alam Sarker suppressing the information of the pending rule issued on September 9 last year.

Today, the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman rejected both the bail petitions of Tufan and directed that he cannot seek bail from any court in this case for the next six months for committing fraudulence by suppressing information of pending rule.

Tufan's lawyer Shah Alam Sarker apologised to the HC bench and expressed regrets for submitting the fresh petition for his client in the case.

Lawyer Shah Alam Sarker told The Daily Star that he was not aware of the rule issued by the HC earlier over granting bail to him.

"Tufan Sarkar and his family members didn't inform me or give me documents about the rule," he added.

The HC bench, however, pardoned lawyer Shah Alam Sarker after accepting his apology.