Criminal Court again orders release of high profile drug case suspect, despite High Court overruling decision
26 May 2011, 6:21 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Criminal Court has last night summoned and ordered the release of a suspect in a high profile drug case, a day after the High Court invalidated a letter sent by the Criminal Court to the police asking to release him under house arrest.
The Criminal Court first asked police to keep Abdul Latheef, of Gnaviyani Atoll Fuvamulah, in detention as determined by the Home Ministry, until his trial reached a conclusion. However the Criminal Court later sent a letter to the police changing the court’s first decision and asking police to switch Latheef’s detention to house arrest.
The police then appealed at the High Court to invalidate the letter. The High Court judges determined that the order in the letter was not consistent with the applicable laws concerning detention, and overruled it last Tuesday.
Latheef was arrested last year in December, as he was about to drive off in his car after loading some vegetables into the trunk.
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