The Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) on Monday morning upheld a High Court (HC) bail to Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in two cases.A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order after rejecting an appeal petition filed by the state seeking a stay on the HC bail.Earlier on 14 November, SC stayed a HC bail that was granted to Mahmudur Rahman Manna on 10 November in a case filed on charge of provoking the army to oust the government.The Appellate Division stayed the bail till 27 November. The High Court on August 30 granted bail to Manna in a sedition case. Manna was allegedly picked up by law enforcers from Baridhara on February 24, 2015.