The High Court has once again postponed the announcement of its verdict on the bail petitions of former ISKCON leader Chandan Kumar Dhar, also known as Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in four separate cases.
A bench comprising Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher was scheduled to deliver the judgment on Thursday. However, the court deferred the ruling for three weeks after the Deputy Attorney General Syed Shajia Sharmin requested additional time to submit further documents related to the cases.
She informed the bench that the Attorney General’s office had already prepared the necessary documents, which would be submitted later by Additional Attorney General Aneek R Haque, who is currently out of Dhaka.
Considering the request, the bench stated that the verdict would be delivered after the court resumes its activities following the upcoming annual vacation of the Supreme Court.
According to the schedule, both the High Court and Appellate Division will go on vacation on 22 May and reopen on 7 June.
Earlier on 11 May, the same bench had also postponed the verdict on Chinmoy’s bail petitions, again citing the need for additional documentation from the prosecution side. On 10 May, the High Court had rejected his bail petition in a case linked to the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram.
The defence counsel, Apurba Kumar Bhattacharya, opposed the repeated adjournment requests, arguing against further delay in the bail proceedings.
Chinmoy Krishna Das is facing multiple cases, including charges of murder and sedition. His lawyer said he has been named in at least eight cases, though he has already secured bail in three of them from different courts.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has meanwhile stayed a High Court order that had earlier granted him bail in a sedition-related case, adding further legal complexity to the ongoing proceedings.
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