The High Court (HC) in Bangladesh on Sunday granted bail to detained former law minister and senior BNP member Moudud Ahmed in a liquor case which was brought under the Emergency Power Rules (EPR) following its filing.
A division bench of Justice Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman and Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury also issued a rule on the government to explain why placing the case under the EPR should not be declared illegal.
The rule is made returnable in eight weeks, says the court order. Police sources, however, said Moudud would not be set free despite the HC bail because he has already been shown detained under the stringent Special Powers Act.