Limon Hossain, the 16-year-old college student who lost his left leg after being shot by a member of the Rapid Action Battalion on March 23, appeared before a Jhalakathi court on Sunday to face a charge under the Arms Act.
The court, transferring the case to another court, deferred the date of the hearing to September 15.
Limon left Ganoswastha Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday noon in a rented microbus and reached Jhalakathi town on Saturday night to face the charge at Special Tribunal-1 in the case lodged against him by the RAB.
Limon, accompanied by his family members, stayed at a residential hotel in the town and appeared before the court at 10:30am on Sunday.
Faruk Ahmed, judge of Special Tribunal-1, recording the attendance of Limon at 11:30am and transferred the case to Special Tribunal-2.
Advocates Abdur Rashid, Abu Ahmed Faizul Kabir of Ain Salish Kendra, Nasiruddin Kabir, Nasimul Hasan, Manik Acharya and Akkas Sikdar, appearing on behalf of Limon in Special Tribunal-2, appealed for acquittal of Limon from the charge.
Advocate M Alam Khan Kamal, special public prosecutor of the special tribunal, appealed for deferral of the hearing of the charge-framing procedure as the other seven accused in the same case had not yet surrendered to the court or been arrested.
Md Siddikul Arefin Chowdhury, judge of the tribunal, after hearing both the sides deferred the date of the hearing of the case to 15 September, 2011.
Sub-inspector Arifur Rahman, the investigation officer of the two cases lodged by the RAB against Limon with Rajapur thana, submitted two separate charge-sheets on April 24 against the eight accused under the Arms Act.
The charge-sheet against Limon was given under the Juvenile Crimes Act as he is a minor, and against the other seven, all allegedly members of the Mizan-Morshed gang, under the Penal Code.
On May 19 Jhalakathi's senior judicial magistrate transferred the case filed against Limon to the Special Tribunal, for fixing the date for hearing on June 9.
M Faruk Ahmed, judge of Special Tribunal-1, fixed the next date of hearing on July 3 in the presence of the accused.
After attending the court Limon visited their village home and then started the return journey to Dhaka at about 4:00pm on Sunday afternoon.
The next date of the hearing of another case against Limon, lodged by the RAB, at Jhalakathi's senior judicial magistrate's court for allegedly obstructing the RAB when they were discharging their duty, was fixed on July 19, said Advocate Nasimul Hasan.
Source : New Age
