Erfan Salim. File photo

The High Court yesterday granted bail to Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in the capital's Dhanmondi in October last year.

The bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Md Badruzzaman delivered the verdict after hearing a petition filed by Erfan seeking bail in the case.

There is no legal bar for Erfan to walk out of jail following the HC judgment, his lawyer Sayed Ahmed Raza told The Daily Star.

He said his client is accused in five cases and he secured bail from the courts in three cases and police gave final reports exempting him from charges in the other two.

Erfan will get released from a Kashimpur jail after the copy of the HC verdict reached the jail, the lawyer added.

On January 27 this year, the HC bench issued a rule asking the state to explain as to why Erfan, now in jail, should not be granted bail in the case.

Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station on October 25, against Erfan, 37, and three others -- AB Siddique Dipu, 45, Md Zahid, 35, and Md Mizanur Rahman, 30, for attacking him.

A team of Rapid Action Battalion conducted a drive at Erfan's house in Old Dhaka and arrested him the same day.

Deputy Attorney General Md Bashir Ullah, who represented the state during hearing of the bail petition, told The Daily Star that the state will move an appeal before the Supreme Court's Appellate Division challenging the HC judgment.