The High Court today granted bail to Zahirul Islam Zia an alleged rapist who tied the knot with the victim in Feni jail on condition of getting bail for one year.
High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman granted bail on Monday.
Advocate Faruk Alamgir Chowdhury appeared for the bail petitioner before the court on Monday.
Earlier on November 29, the High Court fixed today for hearing the bail petition filed by an alleged rapist who tied the knot with the victim in Feni jail to meet the bail conditions.
On November 19, a man accused of raping a girl on a false promise of marriage tied the knot with her under the supervision of Feni Jail authorities. Upon consensus of both the parties, the marriage ceremony was solemnized at a ‘Den Mohor’ (dower) of Tk 600,000 in presence of Executive Magistrate Moniruzzaman in the afternoon.
Zahirul Islam Zia had an affair with the victim Bibi Zohura, who on May 17 accused Zia of raping her. Sonagazi police arrested Zia and pressed charges against him in the court on June 30.
On November 1, Zia’s lawyer went to the High Court for bail and the court agreed to grant bail on the condition that the accused marries the victim. The order reached the jail authorities on November 11.
Family members of Zohura and Zia went to jail in the morning of November 9. Jail Superintendent Anowarul Karim said that the marriage was conducted in presence of lawyers and other officials of the jail.
Signatures of both families were taken on a judicial stamp paper which will be sent to the High Court along with other necessary documents, he said.
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