DHAKA, Oct 17, 2023 (BSS) - The High Court today scrapped a petition of former superintendent of police (SP) Babul Akter, pleading for bail in a case lodged over murder of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.

"Not pressed," said the order passed by the High Court division bench comprising Justice S M Kuddus Zaman and Justice Shahed Nuruddin.

Senior advocate Munsurul Haque Chowdhury and advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir moved the plea for Babul, while Additional Attorney General Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury and Deputy Attorney General Sujit Chatterjee Bappi stood for the state.

Babul's counsel said plea will be produced before another bench of the High Court.

Chattogram 3rd Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jasim Uddin on March 13, 2023, framed charges against seven including Mitu's husband Babul Akter in the sensational murder case. The other accused in the case are- Motaleb Miah alias Wasim, Anwar Hossain, Ehteshamul Haque Bhola, Shahjahan Miah, Kamrul Islam Shikder Musa and Khairul Islam.

Babul after that filed the petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of Chattogram court's indictment order. The High Court on May 9, 2023, however, scrapped that petition.

Police Bureau of Investigation on September 13, 2021, filed charge-sheet against the seven. The court on October 10, 2021, accepted it.

Mahmuda Khanam Mitu was brutally murdered in GEC Intersection area in Chattogram city on June 5, 2016.