The Appellate Division on Monday stayed for six months the High Court order that granted bail to Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza that collapsed in 2013 leaving 1,138 RMG workers dead, in a murder case over the deadly incident.
However, the apex court directed the High Court for disposal of its rule by two months issued regarding his bail petition in this case.
The three-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam passed the order after hearing a petition for staying his bail.
Advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir stood for Sohel Rana while additional attorney generals Mohammad Arshadur Rouf and Barrister Anik R Haque represented the state.
On October 1, the HC granted bail to Rana for six months in the case.
A day after of the HC order, the government filed a petition with the Appellate Division seeking a stay order on the bail and the court set October 28 for hearing.
Sohel Rana, who was involved in Juba League politics in Savar, was arrested from Jashore's Benapole on April 29 in 2013 while trying to flee India.
He has been in jail since then.
Over the tragic incident then SI of Savar police station Wali Ashraf filed a murder case accusing the owner and others of dereliction and negligence in building construction.
