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Mahmudur’s bail upheld over plotting to kill Joy

The Supreme Court upheld a High Court order that granted bail to acting Amar Desh editor Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed in connection with the plot to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the United States.A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Monday upheld his bail after dismissing a petition filed by the government seeking a stay on the High Court order.Former attorney general AJ Mohammad Ali argued for Mahmudur during the hearing while Attorney General Mahabubey Alam stood for the state.On September 18, the Supreme Court stayed till October 30 the High Court order of bail and sent the government’s stay petition to the Appellate Division’s full bench for its hearing.After holding hearing on the petition today, the apex court bench dismissed the government petition.