The High Court (HC) has directed a Comilla Special Judge Court-1 to dispose of the bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in an arson case filed under the Special Powers Act over within July 26.
A bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice SM MoziburRahman passed the order on the bail petition, filed by Khaleda Zia on Tuesday last, on Monday.
Eight people were killed and 20 others injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bus at Jogmohanpur in Chouddagram of Cumilla district during the BNP-led alliance's movement on February 3, 2015.
Two cases were filed against Khaleda in this connection, UNB reported.
On February 8, she was sent to jail after a special court sentenced her to five years' rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
