Bangladesh cricketer Shahadat Hossain has been granted bail after being detained on allegations of the abuse of an 11-year-old child.
Shahadat, who has played 38 Tests for Bangladesh, handed himself into police in October and has been in custody since after apparently assaulting his housemaid along with his wife.
The 29-year-old has been bailed until March 31 but deputy attorney general Moniruzzaman Kabir is understood to be preparing to lodge an appeal to the Supreme Court.
"The High Court has accepted Shahdat's bail plea today after it was earlier rejected by the lower court," Kabir told AFP.
In September, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) suspended Shahadat from "any activity" under its jurisdiction.