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CJ summons judge in bail controversy

Rokanuddin to defend his allegation today

Staff Correspondent
Chief Justice KM Hasan yesterday summoned a judge of the High Court Division, accused of taking money for fixing bail, sources said.
Hasan asked the judge to explain the allegation slapped against him by Rokanuddin Mahmud, president of Supreme Court Bar Association, on October 1.
Details of the discussion could not be known.
Sources close to the pro-govemrnent lawyers said the judge maysoonstanddown.
The chief justice will also talk to
the client, who allegedly [raid the judge Tk 50,000 for arranging the bail in a woman repression case.
Rokanuddin responds today to a letter by the chief justice who asked the Bar president on October 6 to garnish facts bn his allegations.
"I will give the reply tomorrow. You will then get to know the content of my reply," Rokanuddin told The DailyStar last night.
Rokanuddin yesterday sat with Attorney General AF Hasan Ari If and leader of tlie ruling BNP-backed lawyers' forum Tl I Khan at Khan's chamber.They discussed the allegtions against the judge for quite some time, it was learnt.
Sources said Prime Minister Khaleda Zia before leaving for Malaysia to attend the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) Summit made it known that she wanted the judge to resign.
Law Minister Moudud Ahmed Sunday told journalists that the Supreme Judicial Council should probe the allegation.
The Supreme Court now on vacation resumes on October 18. Lawyers have demanded resignation of the judge before the court reopens.
According to Rokanuddin, when the judge sought money from the bail-seeker, she was hesitant to pay the fee, as the judge was no longer a lawyer he used to be a few months back. But the judge assured him that the judge in that particular case was his close friend and that he could easily 'manage' the bail, according to the Bar president.
"The judge who used to be a lawyer before he was inducted in April this year hired a junior lawyer to draft a bail petition," Rokanuddin said at an emergency general meeting of the Bar Association that enforced a countrywide court boycott on October 1.
"The client then came to me and shared the incident," he said. "I was so stunned. How could a judge do this?