K. M. Emrul Kayesh | |
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| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
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| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
K. M. Emrul Kayesh is a justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Kayesh was born on 25 May 1966. [1] He has a bachelor of law and master of law from the University of Dhaka. [1]
Kayesh joined the judicial branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service on 25 April 1994 as an assistant judge. [1]
On 14 June 2015, Kayesh was promoted to district and sessions judge. [1]
In 2019, Kayesh was the judge of the Anti-Corruption Commission case against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. [2] In July, he sent Mizanur Rahman, former deputy inspector general, to prison after rejecting his bail application in a corruption case. [3]
Kayesh granted bail to the president of Kalabagan Krira Chakra Club over illegal gambling. [4] In August 2020, Kayesh denied bail to photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a Digital Security Act case. [5] He denied bail to Didarul Islam Bhuiyan of Rastrachinta in another Digital Security Act case. [6] In September 2020, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Kayesh sentenced three police officers of Pallabi Police Station to life imprisonment over the 2014 custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny. [7] This was the first verdict in Bangladesh under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013 and was described by The Daily Star as a "historic verdict". [7] The verdict was praised by Mia Seppo, United Nations resident coordinator, and Earl R. Miller, ambassador of the United States to Bangladesh. [8] In December 2020, Kayesh ordered the seizure of 670 bank accounts and immovable properties of Shahid Islam Papul, a member of parliament detained in Kuwait on corruption charges. [9]
Kayesh found Irfan Selim, son of Awami League member of parliament Haji Selim, innocent in an arms case due to lack of evidence. [10] In June 2021, Kayesh ordered the freeze of the bank accounts of Sayeed Khokon, former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, and his family members on the request of the Anti-Corruption Commission. [11] He rejected the bail petition of Islamic preacher Mamunul Haque in three cases. [12] He issued a travel ban on three members of parliament, Shamsul Haque Chowdhury, Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon, and Moazzem Hossain Ratan. [13] Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore filed a case under Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act alleging he was tortured in custody with the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge. [14] [15] Kayesh ordered Police Bureau of Investigation who submitted a report against the alleged torture. [14] Kishore filed a no-confidence motion against the report. [16] He was the judge at the trial of Salim Prodhan, who operated illegal casinos in Dhaka. [17]
In March 2022, Kayesh issued arrest warrant against four Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians, including Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. [18] In May, Kayesh gave permission to the Anti-Corruption Commission to interrogate four members of the trustee board of North South University over a 3.04 billion BDT corruption case. [19] He also refused to hear the bail application of the four. [20] In June 2022, Kayesh heard the sedition case against former prime minister Khaleda Zia, who was on trial in 11 cases. [21] On 31 July 2022, Kayesh was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid. [22]
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