The High Court (HC) has granted bail to actress and producer Shomi Kaiser in a case filed over attempted murder during the July uprising in Uttara, Dhaka.

A bench of Justice ASM Abdul Mobin and Justice Md Jabid Hossain passed the order on Sunday after hearing her bail petition. The matter was disclosed on Monday.

According to the case statement, pro-Awami League activists allegedly opened fire on August 4, 2024, when Tongi Government College student Jubayer Hasan Yusuf and others were staging demonstrations in Azampur under Uttara Purbo Police Station. Jubayer sustained a bullet injury to his neck and was admitted to a hospital.

On August 22, he filed a case naming 11 people, including Shomi Kaiser, and 150–200 unnamed others.

Law enforcers detained Shomi from her Uttara Sector-4 residence on November 5, and she was shown arrested in the case the following day.

Earlier, on December 8, the High Court granted her three months’ bail in another case, but the Appellate Division stayed that order on December 12.

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