Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- The High Court on Monday granted six-month bail to Jewel Hasan Saddam, Bagerhat Sadar upazila president of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), on humanitarian grounds following the death of his wife and nine-month-old son.

The HC bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan passed the order after hearing a bail petition in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act, said Saddam's lawyer Sayeed Ahmed Raja.

Describing the matter as "highly humanitarian," the lawyer said all parties present in the court spoke in favour of the bail plea, prompting the court to grant Saddam bail on humanitarian considerations.

Saddam has been in custody at Jashore Central Jail since his arrest in Gopalganj following the...