The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday granted six months’ ad-interim bail to war crime convict Md Abdul Kuddus, who has been suffering from lung cancer for long.

This is the first time, a war crime convict was granted bail by the Appellate Division at the stage of appeal hearing before the Supreme Court against the sentence handed over by international crimes tribunal. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain granted bail following medical report submitted by the registrar of Sheikh Mujib Medical University and Hospital in line with the apex court directive. Kuddus was under treatment at the BSMMU in accordance with the court order. Kuddus, 87, prayed for his bail in the Appellate Division on the ground that he might died anytime as he was diagnosed lung cancer and the cancer reached at fourth stage.