DHAKA: Hours after a bench of the Bangladesh excessive court docket ordered the discharge of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das on bail on Wednesday – 5 months after his arrest on prices of defaming the nation’s nationwide flag – the interim govt filed a petition in search of a keep on the reprieve granted to the monk. The plea is scheduled to be heard on Sunday.Earlier within the day, the HC had issued its verdict following the ultimate listening to on Chinmoy’s bail utility in a sedition case filed on Oct 31, 2024. The 2-judge bench, comprising justice Md Atowar Rahman and justice Md Ali Reza, upheld its earlier ruling and requested the authorities why Chinmoy shouldn’t be granted bail, in response to a court docket official. On Oct 31, a case was filed on the Kotwali police station in Chittagong, accusing Chinmoy and 18 others of disrespecting the Bangladesh nationwide flag. The sedition case was lodged by Firoz Khan, former BNP basic secretary of Chittagong’s Mohora ward.Chinmoy was arrested at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport on Nov 25. The next day, the native court docket in Chittagong despatched him to jail after rejecting his bail plea. His subsequent bail petition was denied by the identical court docket on Dec 11.
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