Stay order on Himu trial withdrawn

The High Court has vacated the six-month stay order on Chittagong A-level student Himadri Majumder Himu’s murder trial.

Prosecutors say the trial can now proceed while the young victim’s father Prabir Mojumder says he is relieved to hear the court’s decision.

A copy of the order issued by Justices Naima Haider and Zafar Ahmed reached Chittagong’s Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court on Monday.

The very bench had issued the stay order on Jul 21 following a plea by one of the accused. The trial came to a halt after a copy of the order reached the court in Chittagong on Aug 4.

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Himu, a student of Summerfield School and College was allegedly pushed off from his friend Junaid Ahmed Riad’s house in the port city’s Panchlaish Residential area on Apr 27, 2012.

Riad, including his other friends - Shahdat Hossain, Mahbub Ali Danny and Jahidur Rahman Shaon - are also accused of setting a pack of Doberman dogs after him.

Himu succumbed to his wounds 26 days later at Dhaka’s Square Hospital.

Riad’s father Shah Selim Tipu is also an accused in the case.