Despite being freed by the High Court on Wednesday, opposition Jumhoory Party (JP) leader Gasim Ibrahim's legal team expects their client to be put back in remand detention by the Criminal Court as soon as his trial begins on Thursday.
The trial was scheduled hours after the Maamigili lawmaker was freed by the High Court after the appellate court ruled that the business magnate was arrested in violence of due procedure.
Criminal Court has Gasim's trial at 11.30am on Thursday where he faces three separate counts of attempted bribery and undue influence of a state official.
One of Gasim's lawyers Hisaan Hussain said the criminal court is "likely" to order the seasoned lawmaker be put in remand until the end of the trial.
Gasim who was taken into custody on Thursday was immediately freed following the ruling.
Police had arrested the seasoned lawmaker over allegations of attempting to bribe government MPs ahead of a censure vote against parliament speaker Abdulla Maseeh.
His legal team however had appealed his arrest saying that the now opposition JP leader had been detained in violation of his parliament privileges and immunity.
According to parliament rules of procedure, unless from a scene of crime, a lawmaker can only be arrested under a warrant from a superior court on direct request from the chief prosecutor.
Gasim's legal team had questioned the validity of the case after the High Court ruling.
