<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ordered BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury to surrender before Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court within eight weeks in a case over clashes with police in Dhaka’s Dholaikhal area on July 29.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>A bench of the division led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the state seeking a stay order over her eight-week anticipatory bail in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>Advocate Nitai Roy Chowdhury, father of the defendant, stood for Nipun in the court during the hearing.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on July 29, a clash broke out between police and supporters of the opposition BNP over a sit-in programme arranged to oust the Awami League government in Dholaikhal area.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, police filed a case accusing 424 BNP leaders and activists including Nipun Roy with Sutrapur police station.</div><div><br></div><div>On August 1, the High Court granted an eight-week anticipatory bail to the BNP leader. The state side submitted a petition to the Appellate Division seeking stay order of the HC order.</div><div><br></div><div>The division delivered the order after hearing the petition in this regard on Monday. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>