The High Court has issued a rule asking the government to explain in two weeks why ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das would not be granted bail in the sedition case.
After hearing Chinmoy Das' bail application, a bench of Justice Md Atowar Rahman and Justice Md. Ali Reza issued a the rule.
Lawyers Apurba Kumar Bhattacharya and Prabir Ranjan Halder stood for Chonmoy in the court. Additional Attorney General Anik R Haque and Additional Attorney General Arshadur Rouf stood for the state.
On October 25, a large rally of the Sanatani community was held in Chattogram under the leadership of Chinmoy Krishna Das. A few days later, on October 31, a sedition case was filed against him on charges of insulting the national flag. Eighteen more people were named as accused in the case.
On November 22, another large rally was held in Rangpur under the leadership of Chinmoy.
Chinmoy Krishna Das was then arrested in Dhaka on November 25 in the sedition case. The next day, when the bail application was rejected, the Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate ordered him to be sent to jail. When the court ordered Chinmoy to be sent to jail, a clash broke out between law enforcement agencies and lawyers in Chittagong on that day.
At that time, lawyer Saiful Islam Alif was hacked to death outside the court premises. Chinmoy has been in jail since then. On January 2, the Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court rejected Chinmoy Das' bail application. Then Chinmoy Das applied for bail in the High Court.