The Supreme Court has upheld the High Court decision granting bail to the three owners of Apan Jewellers in two money laundering cases.
Among the three brothers, Gulzar Ahmed and Azad Ahmed are now free to leave prison.
Dildar Ahmed Selim, the son of suspect Shafat Ahmed in the Banani rape case, is still in prison over two other cases.
The state had appealed the High Court’s decision granting them bail. But a five-member appellate bench led by acting Chief Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah scrapped the state’s petition on Monday and upheld the bail.
Five cases, including charges of money laundering, were filed against the three brothers by detective police at the Gulshan, Dhanmondi, Ramna and Uttara police stations in Dhaka, state representative Deputy Attorney General Motaher Hossain Shaju. The two cases at the Gulshan Police Station were against Gulzar Ahmed and Azad Ahmed.
“They received bail in the two cases so there is nothing preventing them from leaving jail.”
According to bdnews24, Dildar Ahmed is accused in three cases at the Dhanmondi, Ramna and Uttara police stations. Though the Appellate Division upheld the bail by the High Court in one of the cases, the bail hearing in the other cases has been adjourned for a month. As a result, Dildar will have to remain in jail for now.
On December 14, the High Court granted bail to Apan Jewellers owners and brothers Dildar Ahmed Selim, Gulzar Ahmed and Azad Ahmed. It also adjourned two cases against Dildar Ahmed at the Uttara and Dhanmondi police stations for one month.