HC asks Bogra district judge not to perform duties for a month

The High Court on Monday directed the district and sessions judge of Bogra to refrain from performing judicial functions for a month over an allegation that he dismissed a murder case as parties had agreed to 'compromise.'

The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore also asked the law secretary to suspend three public prosecutors who were engaged to act for the state in the case.

The secretary has also been asked to investigate whether the district judge, M Mofizul Islam, and the public prosecutor Abdul Matin, the additional public prosecutor Khoda Box and the assistant public prosecutor Khairul Bashar acted in accordance with their duties.

The deputy attorney general told the court that the district and sessions judge of Bogra had dismissed the case on June 1 on the grounds that it had been settled through a compromise outside the court, which could not be done in accordance with law.

The court also directed the law secretary to submit a report, along with recommendations, to the chief justice after completion of the investigation in 30 days.

The secretary has been asked to submit an investigation report regarding the prosecutors to the court within 30 days.

The court passed the order after hearing statements of the judge and the prosecutor who were asked to appear before it on Thursday to explain their conducts in the case.

The court summoned the judge and the public prosecutor in a rule it issued suo moto as deputy attorney general ABM Altaf Hossain had called the attention to a report on the case being dismissed published in a Bangla daily newspaper on Wednesday.

The report said that MM Yeatimul Haque alias Shuvro was killed at Isabpur Tupipara of Kahalu in Bogra on December 29, 20007.

Shuvro's second wife Angura Begum filed a murder case against his first wife Zulekha Khatun and some others. Zulekha also filed a case against the witnesses of the case filed by Anguara, it said.

source:NewAge