This has surprised the government and Attorney General AF Hassan Ariff was summoned to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). It is learnt that the attorney was asked to immediately move the Supreme Court against the bail.

A division bench comprising Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqi had granted bail to Abdur Razzak

alias Thandu on 'health ground' despite strongly opposed by Deputy Attorney General Gholam Mohammad Chowdhury Alal.

TH Khan, known as top legal adviser of the government, had appeared for petitioner Thandu.

The government had identified the murder as a sensational case and transferred it to the Speedy Trial Tribunal.

The court sentenced Thandu and three others to life imprisonment for murder of Abdul Kader, a businessman, gunned down at Motijheel Commercial Area in October 2001. Seven others were awarded death penalty in this case.

Additional Attorney General Abdur Rezzak Khan who deals with criminal cases told the news agency that he had already filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking stay of the High Court order, which is likely to come up for hearing in the vacation bench today.