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A Dhaka court has rejected the bail petition of a teenager in a case over the death of a construction worker who was run over by a private car in the capital’s Baridhara area.
Judge Md Abdul Muktadir of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-8 passed the order on Sunday after hearing arguments from both sides.
Public Prosecutor Mohammad Sharif Uddin Mamun confirmed the matter, saying lawyers for the teenager sought bail while the prosecution opposed the petition.
During the hearing, senior lawyer Golam Mostafa Khan, appearing for the teenager, argued that the accused was a child and entitled to bail. He also said compensation had already been paid to the victim’s family and that the family had no objection to the bail petition.
The prosecution opposed bail, saying the teenager did not have a driving licence or permission to drive.
The judge referred to CCTV footage showing the teenager emerging from the vehicle and said granting bail could send a negative message to society.
“If such conduct is tolerated, wealthy people and children may start taking the law and justice lightly,” the judge observed.
The court rejected the bail petition after hearing both sides.
On September 24, the same court ordered that the teenager be sent to a child development centre. His bail petition had earlier been filed before the court, which initially fixed September 25 for the hearing and later set Sunday for a further hearing.
The incident occurred on September 23 on Road No. 1 in Baridhara Diplomatic Zone. Construction worker Mehedi Hasan, 24, was sitting on the pavement and resting when a speeding private car mounted the pavement and ran him over, killing him on the spot.
Mehedi was from Sonaray village in Domar upazila of Nilphamari.His brother Moktadir Islam filed a case with Gulshan Police Station. The case named Akash Mark, 44, as the driver but did not name the teenager. Police have not yet arrested Akash.
People at the scene detained the teenager, who was reportedly sitting in the driver’s seat, and handed him over to police. Police initially questioned him and released him into his family’s custody.
Later, after CCTV footage was reviewed following public criticism, police said they found the teenager’s involvement in the incident and brought him under legal proceedings. He was subsequently taken into police custody and later sent to a child development centre by court order.