IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BANGLADESH

HIGH COURT DIVISION

 (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION)

WRIT PETITION NO. 8176 OF 2007.

IN THE MATTER OF:

An  application  under  Article  102  of  the Constitution  of  the  People’s  Republic  of Bangladesh.

-AND -

IN THE MATTER OF:

Md. Lutfur Rahman

...Petitioner -VS-

Bangladesh and others

.......Respondents

A.M. Mahbub Uddin, Advocate

…..For the Petitioner Mr. Nawroz Md. Rasel Chowdhury, DAG

and

Mr. MMG Sarwar (Payel), Ms.Tamanna Ferdous, AAGs

..For the respondents

   Present:

Mr. Justice Zafar Ahmed

      And

Mr. Justice Md. Bashir Ullah

Heard on: 08.12.2022, 02.01.2023, 12.01.2023 and 31.01.2023 Judgment on: 06.12.2023

Zafar Ahmed, J.

In  the  instant  writ  petition,  the  petitioner  challenged  the

sanction given by the respondent No. 2, vide Memo No.

dated  25.08.2007  for  proceeding  with  the Boalia (Rajshahi Metro) Police Station Case No. 7 dated 06.08.2007 recorded under Sections 386, 387 and 417 of the Penal Code, 1860, under the Emergency Powers Rules, 2007 treating the said case to be of public importance, evidenced by Annexure-C.

This Court, on 23.09.2007, issued a Rule Nisi. Pending disposal of the Rule, on an application of the petitioner, this Court, vide order dated 06.12.2007 granted bail to the petitioner and stayed all further proceedings of the case in question.

The President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh made and promulgated “Sl¦l£ rja¡ (l¢qaLle) AdÉ¡­cn, 2008” (Ordinance No. 57 of 2008) (in short, the ‘Ordinance, 2008’) on 15.12.2008 repealing ‘Sl¦l£ rja¡ AdÉ¡­cn, 2007’. The Ordinance, 2008 came into effect on

17.12.2008. Section 3 of the Ordinance, 2008 states:

“3z Sl¦l£ rja¡ ¢h¢dj¡m¡, 2007 Hl l¢qaLlZ J ®qg¡Saz─ (1)

Eš² AdÉ¡­cn l¢qa qCh¡l p¡­b p¡­b Eq¡l Ad£e fZУa Sl¦l£ r ja¡

¢h¢dj¡m¡, 2007, Aaxfl Eš² ¢h¢dj¡m¡ h¢mu¡ E¢õ¢Ma, l¢qa qC­hz

2.   Ef-d¡l¡ (1) Hl Ad£e Eš² ¢h¢dj¡m¡ l¢qa qJu¡ p­šÆJ, Eš² l¢qa ¢h¢dj¡m¡l  Ad£e  ¢eÖfæ  L¡kœÑ²j  Hjei ¡­h  Ar ¥ZÀb¡¢L­h  ®ke  Eš²

¢h¢dj¡m¡ l¢qa qu e¡Cz

3.    Ef-d¡l¡ (1) Hl Ad£e l¢qa qJu¡l p¡­b p¡­b Eš² ¢h¢dj¡m¡l

Ad£Z ¢eÖfæ¡d£e pLm Ae¤på¡e, ac¿¹, ¢hQ¡l, A¡f£m CaÉ¡¢c ®k Ù¹­l

®fy±R¡Cu¡­R ®pC Ù¹l fkÑ¿¹ Hjei¡­h Ar¥ZÀ b¡¢L­h ®ke Eš² ¢h¢dj¡m¡ l¢qa qu e¡Cz

4.     Ef-d¡l¡ (3) H E¢õ¢Ma pLm Ae¤på¡e, ac¿¹, ¢hQ¡l, A¡f£m

CaÉ¡¢cl A¢eÖfæ Ah¢nø¡w­nl ®r ­œ Eš² ¢h¢dj¡m¡ fZУa e¡ qC­m

®kCl©f A¡Ce J ¢h¢d¢hd¡epj§q fЭk¡SÉ qCa ®pCl©f A¡Ce  J ¢h¢d¢hd¡epj§q Eq¡­cl ®r­œ Hjei¡­h fЭk¡SÉ qC­h ®ke Eš² ¢h¢dj¡m¡ LMeC fZУa qu e¡Cz”

In view of the provisions of Section 3(4) quoted above, Rule 15 of the Emergency Powers Rules, 2007 is no longer applicable to the case in hand. So far as the criminal proceeding is concerned, it is now settled principle of law that the proceedings of a criminal case cannot be challenged in judicial review.

In view of the above-discussed provisions of law, the Court concerned is directed to proceed with the case in accordance with law. With the above observations and directions, the Rule is

disposed of.

Md. Bashir Ullah, J.

I agree.

Arif, ABO