Dhaka, May 12 -- The High Court has granted bail to former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in two murder cases filed with Jatrabari Police Station and Adabor Police Station.

On Tuesday, a bench comprising Justice KM Zahid Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher granted him bail and issued a rule, reports bdnews24.com.

With this order, he has now secured bail in all seven cases filed against him. According to his lawyers, there is no longer any legal barrier to his release from jail.

Senior lawyers representing Khairul in court included Md Monsurul Haque Chowdhury, Motahar Hossain Saju, Saeed Ahmed Raja, Jahangir Hossain, and Monayem Nabi Shaheen, among others.

State counsels were Additional Attorney General Abdul Jabbar Bhuiyan, Deputy At...