Kabir Humayun: Noted photographer Shahidul Alam has lodged a petition with the High Court seeking bail in a case filed against him under Information Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
Sarah Hossain, a lawyer for Shahidul Alam, told The Daily Star that the High Court may hold hearing on the bail petition next week.
The lawyer said that petitions were filed with the lower court concerned seeking bail for Shahidul for two times but the court has refused to grant him bail in the case.
Shahidul then submitted the bail petition to the High Court on Tuesday.
The bail petition was included in yesterday’s hearing list of the HC bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Khandaker Diliruzzaman. But the bench said that they would hear the bail petition next week.
On charges of “spreading propaganda and false information against the government” the photographer is behind bars.
Law enforcers picked up Shahidul, 63, on the night of August 5 from his Dhanmondi home.
The following day, he was placed on seven-day remand after police had produced him before a court seeking a 10-day remand.
On completion of his remand, he was sent to jail on August 13.
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