Bench:

Mr. Justice Ashish Ranjan Das and

Mr. Justice Md. Riaz Uddin Khan

Criminal Miscellaneous Case Number 8371 of 2024

Abdur Rahim alias Kala Monia

…  Petitioner

-Versus-

The State

...  Opposite party

Mr. Syed Mamun Mahbub, Advocate with

Mr. Md. Shariful Islam, Advocate

... for the petitioner.

Mr. M. Asraful Hoque, Deputy Attorney General …for the State.

Judgment on 19.03.2024.

Ashish Ranjan Das, J:

This rule at the instance of the accused was issued on an application under Section 498 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for  granting  him  bail  in  Special  Trial  Case  No.960  of  2023 corresponding to G.R. Case No.815 of 2021(Ukhiya) arising out of Ukhiya Police Station Case No. 05 dated 02.10.2021 under Table  10(ga)  appended  to  sections  36  (1)/38  of  the  Madak Draibba Niantran Ain, 2018, now pending in the Court of learned Sessions Judge, Cox’s Bazar.

Mr.  Sayed  Mamun  Mahbub,  learned  Advocate  for  the petitioner  submits  that  the  accused-petitioner  was  arrested  on 01.10.2021 and since then he has been rotting in custody while according  to  order  of  the  learned  trial  court  trial  is  yet  to commence.  The  learned  lawyer  for  the  petitioner  particularly pointed out that according to the F.I.R. and seizure list a bag was seized  from  the  shoulders  of  the  petitioner  containing  those prohibited tablets while he was running away leaving his vehicle an  auto  rickshaw.  Accordingly,  the  learned  lawyer  the  story sounds less probable. A man while running away should not carry a bag while the police was present there. Be that as it may all these are matters of evidence to be looked into by the Trial Judge

Mr.  M.  Asraful  Hoque,  the  learned  Deputy  Attorney General opposes the prayer for bail, but does not controvert the material points raised by the learned advocate for the petitioner.

Considering all these aspect we found merit in this rule.

Accordingly,  the  rule  is  made  absolute.  The  petitioner Abdur Rahim alias Kala Monia, son of late Kalu Mia is granted bail in Special Trial Case No.960 of 2023 corresponding to G.R. Case  No.815  of  2021(Ukhiya)  arising  out  of  Ukhiya  Police Station  Case  No.  05  dated  02.10.2021  under  Table  10(ga) appended to sections 36 (1)/38 of the Madak Draibba Niantran Ain, 2018, now pending in the Court of learned Sessions Judge, Cox’s Bazar.

Learned Judge of the Court below will, however, be at liberty to cancel the bail in case of any proven misuse.    

Md.Riaz Uddin Khan, J:

I agree.

B.O. Bashar