Md Atoar Rahman

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Md Atoar Rahman is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

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Early life

Rahman was born on 4 May 1961. [1] He did his undergraduate and graduate studies in law at the University of Dhaka. [1]

Career

Rahman joined the judicial branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service on 22 February 1984. [1]

On 10 October 2006, Rahman was promoted to District and Sessions Judge. [1]

Rahman became the Senior District and Sessions Judge on 10 October 2011. [1]

In April 2017, Rahman, Judge of the Drug Court, granted bail to Mizanur Rahman, managing director of Rid Pharmaceuticals Limited, and his wife Sheuli Rahman in a case over the death of 28 children who died after consuming contaminated paracetamol manufactured by their pharmaceutical company in 2009. [2]

Rahman was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 31 May 2018. [1]

On 30 May 2020, Rahman was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division. [3] He and 17 other judges had to be sworn in twice as the first time they faced technical problems in a virtual ceremony and the second was held in person. [4]

In December 2020, Rahman and Justice Md Rezaul Haque stayed a trail proceedings against Matiur Rahman, editor of Prothom Alo, for six months in a case filed over the death of a student of the Dhaka Residential Model College by electrocution at the program of the newspaper. [5]

Rahman and Justice Md Rezaul Haque granted bail to Mahfuzur Rahman Sharod, in a case over the rape and blackmail of a student of the University of Rajshahi in April. [6] The bail was canceled by Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, due to the specific nature of the charges against the accused. [6] In December 2021, Rahman and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim granted anticipatory bails to Rafiath Rashid Mithila, and Sabnam Faria in a case over the collapse of Evaly. [7] Rahman and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim granted bail to Ruma Sarker, professor of the Begum Badrunnesa Government Girls' College, who was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion in a Digital Security Act case for making comments on a murder case on Facebook. [8] The bail application was opposed by the Deputy Attorney General, Sarwar Hossain Bappi. [8] Rahman and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim criticized the government for promoting sub-inspector Nayan Kumar who had tortured a 12 year old into siging a confession. [9] [10]

Rahman and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin issued a stay order on three cases against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol under the Digital Security Act in June 2022. [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  2. ↑ "Rid Pharma MD Mizanur, wife get bail". The Daily Star. 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  3. ↑ "18 High Court judges take oath". The Daily Star. 2020-05-31. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  4. ↑ "18 HC judges take oath twice". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-05-31. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  5. ↑ "Death of Naimul Abrar: HC stays trial against Prothom Alo editor for 6 months". The Daily Star. 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  6. 1 2 "SC stays bail of prime accused". The Daily Star. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  7. ↑ "Campaign for Evaly: Mithila, Sabnam Faria get anticipatory bail". The Daily Star. 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  8. 1 2 "Ruma Sarkar gets bail after 61 days in jail". The Daily Star. 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  9. ↑ "Forcibly taking confession from minor in Bogura: HC astonished by govt for promoting IO". The Daily Star. 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  10. ↑ "Getting confessional statement forcefully is unfortunate: HC". The Daily Star. 2021-06-21. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  11. ↑ "HC stays 3 DSA cases against photojournalist Kajol". The Daily Star. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  12. ↑ "HC stays trial against journalist Kajol in 3 DSA cases". New Age. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
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