The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice SM Mozibur Rahman heard the petition, filed on October 27, on Wednesday and later adjourned the hearing for a week.
Md Sagir Hossain, lawyer of accused Nazmul Hasan, 14, a Class-X student, claimed that the boy was not involved in the murder.
On October 15, a Barguna court rejected Nazmul Hasan’s bail plea.
Rifat Sharif, 22, was attacked with sharp weapons near the main gate of Barguna Government College on June 26 and he succumbed to his injuries after being taken to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal.
On September 1, police pressed charges against 24 people, including Rifat Sharif’s wife Aysha Siddika Minni, in the murder case.
Although there were 12 names in the First Information Report (FIR), the charge-sheet was submitted against 24 people.
Of the accused, 14 are teenagers and a separate supplementary charges-sheet was filed against them.
Number-1 witness in the case, Minni was made accused-7 in the charge-sheet while the name of key accused Sabbir Ahmed alias Nayon Bond was dropped as he was killed in a reported gunfight with law enforcers on July 2.