No 'shown arrest' without specific case- SC stays HC order

The Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, issued this order.

Attorney General Barrister Md. Ruhul Quddus Kajal represented the state, while senior lawyer Barrister Sara Hossain and Advocate Syed Mamun Mahbub appeared for the petitioner.

Earlier, the High Court had ruled that if no specific case was pending against a person, the respondents would not be allowed to place that individual under 'shown arrest', arrest them, or subject them to any form of harassment.

The order was issued in relation to several individuals.

The High Court also issued a rule asking why the repeated use of shown arrest against the petitioner and the respondents' actions in implicating the petitioner in serious false cases solely to harass, humiliate and persecute them should not be declared illegal, without lawful authority and of no legal effect.

The rule further asked why the respondents should not be directed to refrain from placing the petitioner under 'shown arrest', arresting, or otherwise harassing them in the absence of any specific case.

Subsequently, the state challenged the High Court's order by filing an appeal before the Appellate Division.