M Akram Hossain Chowdhury | |
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| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
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| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
M Akram Hossain Chowdhury is a judge on the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1]
Chowdhury was born on 25 April 1959. [2] He has a bachelor's of art and another in law from the University of Dhaka. [2]
Chowdhury started his legal practice on 26 October 1987 in the district courts and in the High Court on 30 October 1989. [2]
Chowdhury was appointed the deputy attorney general of Bangladesh in February 2009. [3]
Chowdhury was appointed to an additional judge of the High Court Division on 12 December 2010 and was made a permanent judge on 10 December 2012 by President Zillur Rahman. [2] [4]
In February 2014, Chowdhury and Justice M Enayetur Rahim sentenced three people to life imprisonment over the murder of Commodore Ghulam Rabbani, former managing director of Korean Export Processing Zone, in 2004. [5] Chowdhury and Justice Sayed AB Mahmudul Huq granted one year bail to Helena Pasha of Adflame Pharmaceuticals in an adulteration case in which she was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. [6] In the 1990s a number of children died after consuming contaminated children's paracetamol syrup. [6]
In June 2016, Chowdhury and Justice Md Habibul Gani granted bail to an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League who had been convicted on election rigging during union elections in Hathazari Upazila. [7] Chowdhury and Justice Md Habibul Gani granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Rizvi Ahmed in five different criminal cases. [8]
Justice Md Emdadul Huq and Chowdhury denied bail to folk singer Shariat Boyati in a case over "hurting the religious sentiments" of Muslims. [9]
On 3 October 2022, Chowdhury and Justice Shahed Nuruddin granted bail to a leader of Rajbari District unit of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal in a defamation case for making derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [10] He was a member of the Chief Justice Medal selection committee. [11]
In 2023, Chowdhury and Justice Mohammad Ali granted bail to the owner of Rana Plaza, Sohel Rana, in the case over the collapse plaza. [12] [13] The bail was canceled in April by Justice Md Abu Jafor Siddique. [12]