The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

A division bench, comprising Justice AKM Fazlur Rahman and Justice ATM Fazle Kabir, yesterday admitted to hear a fresh bail petition filed by wanted Jamaat secretary general and ex-minister Ali Ahsan M Mujaheed in Barapukuria Coalmine graft case.

The petition may come up on the October 19 cause list for hearing.

Earlier in the day, another division bench, comprising Justice M Anwarul Haque and Justice Farah Mahbub, decline to entertain his bail petition on the grounds of preoccupation, court sources said.

On October 8, the vacation Chamber Judge of the Supreme Court after a brief hearing termed his petition for anticipatory bail as delayed one and dismissed it as not being pressed by his counsel. It had also advised the counsel for Mujaheed to approach the High Court or the trial court seeking redress.

On June 3, the High Court turned down Mujaheed's petition seeking anticipatory bail in the Barapukuria Coalmine graft case in which ex-premier Khaleda Zia is the principal accused.