A. S. M. Abdul Mobin
Bangladeshi Judge
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A. S. M. Abdul Mobin is a justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1][2]
A. S. M. Abdul Mobin | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 8 March 1985 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 February 1959 |
| Profession | Judge |
Early life
Career
Abdul Mobin started his legal practice as a lawyer of the district courts on 8 March 1985.[3] He moved up to the High Court Division on 26 February 1989.[3] Abdul Mobin became a lawyer in the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on 13 December 2009.[3] On 31 May 2018, Abdul Mobin was appointed an additional judge of the Bangladesh High Court.[3]
In September 2019, Abdul Mobin and Justice Farid Ahmed denied bail to the former director of the Anti-Corruption Commission in a corruption case in which he was accused of taking a 4.5 million BDT bribe from former deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman.[4]
In March 2020, Abdul Mobin and Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique granted permanent bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia in a defamation case based on her comments on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the number of casualties in the Bangladesh Liberation War.[5] The permanent bail was canceled two hours later, following an appeal by Deputy Attorney General Samira Tarannum Rabeya.[5]
In September, Abdul Mobin and Justice Krishna Debnath acquitted eight former personnel of Rajarbagh Police Telecom for killing one of their colleagues in 2006 due to lack of evidence.[6] In November, Abdul Mobin and Justice Krishna Debnath commuted the death sentence of Russell, who murdered his ex at the University of Barishal, on 5 September 2013, to a life sentence.[7] In December, Abdul Mobin and Justice Krishna Debnath removed the death sentences of three accused of killing a six-year-old boy, Hridoy, as the court found the suspects' confessions were obtained through torture.[8][9] Justice Hasan Foez Siddique of the Appellate Division stayed the verdict after the government filed an appeal.[10]
In February, Abdul Mobin and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim granted bail to a 17-year-old Hindu girl who had been detained under the Digital Security Act for making a Facebook post hurting the sentiments of Muslims.[11][12][13] In June 2022, Abdul Mobin and Justice Md Atoar Rahman dismissed three Digital Security Act cases against journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol.[14]