The tribunal fixed the date on Monday after hearing on Mir Kashem’s bail petition had ended.
Defence lawyers appealed for his bail when the court started the day’s proceedings around 10:40am in presence of Mir Kashem.
After placing the bail petition before the tribunal, defence lawyer Abdur Razzak said Mir Kashem should be granted bail as the 63-year-old central Jamaat leader was sick.
The defence counsel further said Kashem is a dignified person and he has no intension of fleeing.
While prosecution said Kashem, a very influential person, might hamper the investigation and threaten the witnesses if he is free.
Less than two hours after the court issued an arrest warrant against him, Kashem was arrested at the office of Bangla daily Naya Diganta at Motijheel on Sunday for his alleged involvement with the crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
The tribunal later sent him to jail with a custodial warrant.
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