Particulars of Professional Work

Criminal Law

Criminal Appeal & Death Reference

• State versus Abdul Gafur, 73 DLR 198 (Conviction altered from 302 to to Part II of 304 – Sentence was served out by 7 years)

• State versus Abdul Khaleq, 73 DLR 260 (Acquittal) – State preferred leave to appeal before the Appellate Division.

• Anwar Hossain alias Shankar vs. The State, Death Ref. No. 26 of 2015 (Death Sentence was set aside)

• State versus Md. Rasel Mia, Death Ref. No. 48 of 2015 (Commuted to Imprisonment for Life)

• State versus Md. Sumon Jomaddar, Death Ref. No. 06 of 2016 (Acquittal)

• Md. Azom Bepary  vs State, Criminal Appeal No. 93 of 2019 (10 years of conviction was set aside)

• Tushar Das @ Raj vs The State, Criminal Appeal No. 8554 of 2019 (14 years of sentence was set aside)

Criminal Review Petition (AD)

• Asaduzzaman Chowdhury alias Ponir vs. The State, Cr. Review Petition No. 68 of 2016 (Death Sentence from terror attack in Netrokona)

• Ataur Mridha vs. State, Criminal Appeal No. 82 of 2017 (Widely known as Life Imprisonment Case)

• Yasin Rahman vs. State, Cr. Review Petition No. 03 of 2014

Criminal Revision

• Md. Moti Matbor vs. State, 73 DLR 89 (Probation in Special Law)

• Ahmed Abdullah Khan vs. State, Cr. Revision No. 1380 of 2021 (10 year-old-boy was implicated for killing his 7 year-old brother – Police torture)

• Md. Asad Uddin vs. State and others Criminal Revision No. 1146 of 2020 (‘Dead-victim’ came home 48 days later after disappearance)  

Stay & Quashment

• Jubayer Mahmud vs. The State, Cr. Misc. No. 55000 of 2017 (Dhaka)

• Md. Raz Babu vs. The State, Cr. Misc. No 47647 of 2017 (Chapainawabganj)

• Aminur Seikh vs. The State, Criminal Misc. Case No. 47646 of 2017 (Narail)

• Md. Firoz Haydar Lavlu vs. The State, Cr. Misc. Case No. 926 of 2018 (Lalmonirhat)

Bail (Regular, Anticipatory, Pending Appeal etc.)

• Md. Hasanul Banna vs. State, Cr. Misc. Case No. 31570 Of 2018

• Prof. Harun Or Rashid vs. The State, Cr. Misc. No. 31088 of 2018

• Abdul Ahad versus State, Cr. Misc. Case No. 45411 of 2021

• The State vs. Prof. Morshed Hasan Khan, 71 DLR (AD) 364

• Faruk Ahammed versus State, Cr. Appeal No. 1585 of 2019

• Md. Ferdous Ahmed vs. State, Cr. Appeal No. 1198 of 2019

International Criminal Law

• Abdul Quader Mollah vs. The Chief Prosecutor, International Crimes Tribunals, Dhaka, Cr. Appeal Nos.  24-25 of 2013.

• Muhammad Kamaruzzaman vs. The Chief Prosecutor, Cr. Appeal No. 62 of 2013

• Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid vs. The Chief Prosecutor, Cr. Appeal No. 103 of 2013,  reported in 20 BLC (AD) 266

• Matiur Rahman Nizami vs. The Government of Bangladesh, Criminal Appeal No. 143 of 2014.

Constitutional and Administrative Law

Against arrest and harassment by Law Enforcement agencies

• Bangladesh vs. Suraiya Begum, Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No.  2610 of 2018

• Maqbul Ahmed vs. Bangladesh, Writ Petition No. 3777 of 2018

• A.N.M Shamsul Islam vs. Bangladesh, Writ Petition No. 15229 of 2018

• Rafiqul Hasan Lodi vs. Bangladesh, Writ Petition No. 14710 of 2018

• Md. Rafiqul Haider vs. Bangladesh, Writ Petition No. 14642 of 2018

Arbitrary exercise of power by Govt. and autonomous institution

• Shamsujjaman vs. Bangladesh, W.P. No. 3691 of 2014, 71 DLR 505 (Against the order of expulsion for life, issued by the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST))

• Sajjadul Islam vs. Jahangirnagar University, W.P. No. 13440 of 2018, 24 BLC 706 (Exclusion of a Madrasah student from the Merit list of Jahangirnagar University)

• Md. Mokbul Hossain vs. Bangladesh, W.P. No. 192 of 2022 (For the payment of unpaid Monthly Payment Order- MPO) 

Passport, Leave and Re-entry Bangladesh

• Dr. Shafiqur Rahman vs. Bangladesh, W.P. 4825 No. 2021

• Dr. Abdullah Mohammad Taher vs. Bangladesh, WP No. 9553 of 2014

• Dr. Redwanur Rahman vs. Bangladesh, WP No. 9853 of 2021

• Dr. Mahjabeen Aftab Solaiman vs. Bangladesh, W.P. 1464 No. 2022

Civil Law

Civil Appeal & Civil Miscellaneous Appeal

• Halima Khatun Versus Md. Nurujjaman Kaisar Babul and Others, Civil Rule No. 292(FM) Of 2019 F.M.A.T No. 309 Of 2019 F.M.A No.  286  Of 2019

• Alhaj Md. Rafiqul Islam V.S Md. Majir Uddin, Civil Rule No-----Of 2019 F.A.T.No. 610 Of 2019 F.A. No. 431 Of 19

Civil Revision

• Md. Rashidul Islam Versus Mst. Shiuly Akter, Civil Revision No. 2661 of 2018

• Md.Khokon Versus Mosammat Maya Begum & another, Civil Revision No. 2076 of 2018

• Most. Gulijan Bewa & Others Versus Md. Mozibor Rahaman & Others, Civil Revision No. 583 of 2019

• Md. Tafiqul Islam and another Versus Md. Mofiza Kaatun and Others., Civil Revision No. 1637 of 2019

Juvenile and Family Law

• Erikon Nakano vs. Government of Bangladesh, WP No. 6592 of 2021

• Md. Barek and another vs. The state, Criminal Appeal No. 13702 of 2018 (Jurisdiction of juvenile Court)

• Md. Anis Miah vs. The State, Criminal Appeal No. 6799 of 2011 (A Full Bench of HCD dealt with 4 fundamental questions regarding the Children Act, 1974 of 2013)

Pro Bono Cases

• Tushar Das @ Raj vs The State, Criminal Appeal No. 8554 Of 2019

• State vs. Md. Mostafa Sarder, Death Ref. No. 87 of 2015 (Death sentence was set aside and convict was set free)

• Md. Abdul Kader and Others vs. Bangladesh, Writ Petition No. 7902 of 2021 (Regarding the malicious actions of the Rajarbagh Peer)

• Ranjit Kumar vs. The State, Cr. Misc. No. 38989 of 2021 (Poor farmers were implicated in money scam case)

• Most. Kulsum @ Sumi versus the State, Cr. Appeal 4293 of 2019 (Innocent woman was incarcerated while the main convict remained free)

• Tushar Das @ Raj vs The State, Criminal Appeal No. 8554 Of 2019

• Mohammad Shishir Manir versus the State, VC Writ Petition No. 123 (17A) of 2021

• Swapon Kumar Biswas versus State, (Death Reference No. 120 of 2008)

• State versus Md. Anwar Hossain Shankar, Death Reference No. 26 of 2016 (On behalf of Condemned Prisoner), (Acquittal)

• State versus Md. Sumon Jomaddar, Death Reference No. 06 of 2016 (On behalf of Condemned Prisoner), (Acquittal)

• Ahammed Abdullah Khan and others versus the State and others, Criminal Revision No. 1380 of 2021