HC grants anticipatory bail to 153 BNP men
A total of 153 local BNP leaders and activists from Munshiganj got six weeks' anticipatory bail from the High Court yesterday in a case filed on charges of vandalising vehicles, blasting bombs and obstructing police in discharging duties during their ongoing movements against the government on September 21.
The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Khairul Alam granted the bail after hearing 20 petitions filed by the BNP.
The bench also asked them to surrender to the lower court concerned in six weeks.
Advocate Md Kamal Hossain, a lawyer for 122 petitioners, told The Daily Star that police filed the case with Munshiganj Sadar Police Station on September 22.
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