Dhaka, Jan. 5 -- A Dhaka court has deferred the charge-framing hearing in a sedition case filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others, as one of the arrested accused was not produced before the court.

On Monday, Judge Abdus Salam of Dhaka Special Judge's Court-9 set Jan 21 as the new date for the hearing.

Among the accused in the case, 26 are currently in jail. Of them, 25, including former lawmaker Sabina Akter Tuhin, were produced before the court on Monday for the charge-framing hearing.

However, one accused, AKM Aktaruzzaman, was not produced before the court. As a result, the judge postponed the hearing, said defence lawyer Morshed Hossain Shaheen.

Another accused, Al Maruf, was shown arrested in the case on ...