The High Court on Sunday granted ad-interim bail to Sushanta Das Gupta, editor and publisher of local newspaper Dainik Amar Habiganj, in a case filed under Digital Security Act.
The HC bench of Justice Md Ashraful Kamal passed the order after holding virtual hearing on a bail petition filed by Sushanta Das in the case.
The bail order will continue till further hearing of his petition in a regular High Court bench after its reopening following the ongoing closure, said Advocate AM Amin Uddin who appeared in the hearing on behalf of Sushanta Das.
The lawyer also said there is no legal bar for his client's release from jail following the HC order.
The journalist was arrested from the office of his newspaper at Chirakandi area of Habiganj town on May 21 and was sent to jail by a Habiganj court.
Sayeduzzaman Zahir, general secretary of Habiganj Press Club, lodged the case against Sushanta and three other journalists of the newspaper.
According to the statement of the case, Zahir filed the case as Sushanta Das Gupta's newspaper recently ran several false reports on Abu Zahir, lawmaker from Habiganj-3, who is also the district Awami League president and a lifetime member of Habiganj Press Club.
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