Former chief justice denied bail in murder case

Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque has been denied bail in a murder case connected to the July Uprising, meaning he will remain in jail. The bail petition was rejected today by Judge (In-Charge) Sadekin Habib Bappi of the Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court-7 in Dhaka.

Haque was arrested from his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka on July 24, 2025, almost a year after the Awami League government's fall. Since his arrest, he has been implicated in multiple cases. These include charges related to killings during the July Uprising and allegations of manipulating a Supreme Court verdict concerning the caretaker government system.

Earlier this year, on May 17, a High Court bench had ordered the government not to arrest or harass Haque unless he was formally named as an accused in a specific case, following a petition filed by his son, Advocate Md Asik Ul Haque. Despite this directive, the 81-year-old former chief justice was shown arrested on May 23 in a case filed at Jatrabari Police Station on November 16, 2024. According to court documents and Haque's lawyer, Motaher Hossain Saju, Haque was not initially named as an accused in this particular case, which was filed over the killing of Jobayer Ahmed's brother.

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Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque was denied bail today in a murder case connected to the July Uprising, preventing his release from jail.