The bench comprising Justice Atoar Rahman and Justice Ali Reza granted the bail after the final hearing on their previous rule.
Chinmoy Krishna Das
A bench of Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday ordered release of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das on bail, five months after he was arrested on a charge of defaming the country’s national flag, court officials said.
“The two-judge bench declared absolute its earlier rule asking authorities why he should not be granted bail,” an official of the High Court said.
The bench comprising Justice Atoar Rahman and Justice Ali Reza granted the bail after the final hearing on their previous rule.
On October 31, a case with Kotwali police station in Chattogram was filed accusing Das and 18 others of disrespecting the Bangladesh national flag.
A former ISKCON leader, Das was arrested at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on November 25 last year.
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