The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury for three months in a case filed in connection with a clash between Awami League and BNP activists in Keraniganj on May 26.

The HC bench of Justice Md Habibul Gani and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed the order following a petition filed by the BNP leader seeking bail in the case.

Advocate Nitai Roy Chowdhury and Barrister Bodruddoza Badal appeared for Nipun during the hearing of the petition.

Earlier on the day, Nipun Roy appeared before the High Court bench with a bandage in her head. She is undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital.

She came directly from the hospital to the High Court to avoid arrest.

Sumon Miah, president of Zinzira union Swechchhasebok League, filed the case with Keraniganj Model Police Station on May 27 a day after the clash that left dozens injured.

A total of 108 leaders and activists of the BNP, including its central executive committee member Nipun Roy Chowdhury, were sued in connection with the clash.