A day after the High Court (HC) grated bail to Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Shakila Farzana in a case filed over charges of terror financing, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed it till February 29. The apex court also fixed February 29 for hearing the petition in the regular bench of the Appellate Division. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order in response to a plea filed by the state seeking a stay on the HC bail.
 An HC bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque granted the bail to Farzana on February 22. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam stood for the state during the hearing while Advocate ZI Khan Panna and Joynal Abedin appeared for Shakila Farzana.
 Advocate Sagir Hossain Leon, another counsel for Farzana, told reporters that his client was not released from jail following the stay order of the apex court. On August 18, 2015, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three lawyers, including Supreme Court (SC) lawyers Farzana and Hasanuzzaman Liton, from Dhanmondi area of the capital on charges of financing militant outfit Saheed Hamza Brigade (SHB).
They were shown arrested in an arms case filed in connection with arms recovery from Latmoni hill in Banshkhali upazila on February 21.