The punishment of the ASI who went to the judge's house and asked for bribe was upheld

ASI of the then special branch of the police (SB) went to a judge's house to ask for a bribe after verifying the information of the passport application. The High Court upheld the two-year prison sentence given by the trial court to Sadequl Islam.

In the verdict, the high court said that police verification is required for various purposes including passport of citizens. Citizens often have to undergo considerable financial and emotional suffering to get this police verification report. This case is one of its examples.

A single High Court bench ruled on August 22, 2023, rejecting the accused's appeal against the judgment of the trial court. The full 26-page copy of the judgment was released on Saturday.

Lawyer Md. was on the defendant's side in the court. Tayed Uddin Khan. Deputy Attorney General Noorous Sadiq Chowdhury appeared for the state. Advocate ASM Kamal Amrohi Chowdhury appeared for the ACC.
On March 21, 2019, the verdict was given by Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, special judge number nine of Dhaka. The verdict sentenced the accused to one year imprisonment under section 419 of the Penal Code and one year without labor under section 5 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Later, Sadekul appealed to the High Court against this.

According to the documents, the convict Sadekul is the son of Mohammad Ali of Charol village of Baliadangi police station in Thakurgaon. On August 30, 2016, Justice Abu Taher of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court. Saifur Rahman went to his Dhanmondi residence to verify the passport details of his two daughters. There he is the wife of the judge. Sabrina demanded 1000 rupees per person and 2000 rupees for police verification from Monazileen.

Dr. Sabrina, not understanding the matter, wanted to give the accused Sadekul a tip for having tea and breakfast, but he refused to take it, saying that the police verification would not be done without paying 2000 taka. Dr. When Sabrina told the matter to her husband who was in the Supreme Court, he asked Sadekul to leave the house.

In this incident, on August 31 of the same year, the then Special Officer of the High Court Division, Hosne Ara, filed a case as a plaintiff in the Shahbag police station.
SI Salam was basically in charge of that verification. Concealing his identity, ASI Sadekul went to verify the identity of SI Salam.
After the investigation, on May 4, 2017, the investigating officer of the case, ACC Deputy Director Rahila Khatun filed the charge sheet. After the trial, the judicial court gave a verdict in 2019. On appeal against that judgment, the High Court ruled in 2023. The verdict rejected Sadekul's appeal and upheld the sentence. Sadekul has been ordered to surrender within 30 days of the verdict.