Supreme Court’s chamber judge on Wednesday upheld a High Court order that granted anticipatory bail to Anjan Chowdhury, one of the key stakeholders of the Square Group, for six weeks in a case filed on charge of hoarding 4,812 tonnes of extra aromatic rice in a warehouse at Gopalganj Bazar in Dinajpur.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the state against the High Court order.
Lawyers Momtaz Uddin Fakir and Sayed Ahmed Raja appeared in the court hearing on behalf of Anjan Chowdhury, while additional attorney general Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury represented the state.
Earlier on June 6 this year, a High Court bench granted anticipatory bail to Anjan Chowdhury for six weeks in the case.
The High Court bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the order after hearing an anticipatory bail petition filed by Anjan Chowdhury.
On June 1, a mobile court run by the Upazila administration of Dinajpur Sadar conducted a drive and found hoarding of 5,124 tonnes of aromatic rice in a warehouse of the Square Food and Beverage Limited. But the company has permission to stock only 312 tonnes of rice, which means they kept extra 4812 tonnes of rice.
Later, Food Control Officer of Dinajpur Sadar Biplob Kumar Singh Roy filed a case with Dinajpur Police Station against Square Food and Beverage Limited’s owner Aanjan Chowdhury and another one for hoarding extra 4,812 tonnes of rice.
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