Plot to kill Joy: Mahmudur’s bail upheld, no bar to release

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that granted bail to detained acting editor of the daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed for alleged attempt to abduct and murder Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

There is no legal bar to Mahmudur Rahman's release from jail following the SC order, his lawyer barrister Tanvir Ahmed Al Amin told The Daily Star.

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A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha upheld his bail after dismissing a petition filed by the government seeking a stay on the High Court order.

Following a bail petition filed by Mahmudur, the High Court on September 7 granted him permanent bail in the case.

Later, the government submitted the petition to the Appellate Division challenging the HC order.

On September 18, the Supreme Court stayed till October 30 the High Court order of bail and sent the government's stay petition to the Appellate Division's full bench for its hearing.

After holding hearing on the petition today, the apex court bench dismissed the government petition.

Mahmudur Rahman, a pro-BNP journalist and a former energy advisor has been behind bars since April 11, 2013.

He was shown arrested in more than 70 cases and secured bail in all the cases.