SC upholds contempt of court punishment against BNP leader Habib

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday upheld a High Court verdict convicting BNP leader Habibur Rahman Habib for contempt of court and sentencing him to five months imprisonment.

A three-member apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan passed the order, scrapping a leave to appeal petition filed by the BNP leader.

The High Court on November 22 pronounced its judgment, sentencing Habib to a five-month jail and fined him Tk 2,000.

Habib, who is now behind bars, filed the leave to appeal plea and a plea for bail on February 8, 2024.

Senior advocate Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal moved the pleas for Habib while Additional Attorney General Sheikh Mohammad Morshed argued for the state.

Source: BSS