The High Court (HC) has granted bail to actress Shomi Kaiser in a case filed over attempted murder during the July uprising in the city's Uttara.
An HC bench of Justice ASM Abdul Mobin and Justice Jabid Hossain passed the order after hearing a petition for bail on Sunday.
However, the matter of granting bail was disclosed on Monday.
According to the case statement, pro-Awami League people opened fire when Tongi Government College student Jubayer Hasan Yusuf and others were staging demonstrations in the Azampur area under Uttara Purbo Police Station on August 4, 2024.
Jubayer sustained bullet injuries in his neck and was admitted to a hospital.
Later he filed a case on August 22 naming 11 people and 150 to 200 unnamed others with the police station concerned. Shomi Kaiser was an accused in the case.
On November 5 last, the law enforcers detained her from residence in Uttara Sector-4 and the next day she was arrested in the case.
On December 8, the HC granted her bail for three months in another case but on December 12 the Appellate Division stayed the HC order.
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