<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The High Court (HC) on Wednesday granted&nbsp; permanent bail to BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas in a case over the clash between police and the party activists at Nayapaltan on December 7 last year that left one dead.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>An HC bench of Justice Md Selim Azad and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan passed the order after hearing a rule in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>Advocates Jainul Abedin and Sagir Hossain stood for the BNP leaders while Additional Attorney General SM Munir and Deputy Attorney General SM Golam Mostafa represented the state.</div><div><br></div><div>The rule as absolute, the HC granted permanent bail to them, said counsel Sagir.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, state counsel Munir said they would take a decision on appeal against the HC order after discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 9 last year, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police picked up Fakhrul and Abbas from their homes in separate raids in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, they were shown arrested in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan. A Dhaka court sent them to jail rejecting their bail pleas.</div><div><br></div><div>On January 3, the High Court granted six months bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>On the following day, the government filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court order granting bail to the BNP leaders in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>On January 8, A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Hasan Foyez Siddiqui upheld the High Court order granting bail to the BNP leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>Just after a month of their arrest, Fakhrul and Abbas were freed from jail on bail on January 9 evening. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>