Dhaka, May 14 (Just News): The Supreme Court (SC) will deliver tomorrow a verdict on the appeals against the High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust case.
The appeals have been included in the apex’s court’s cause-list for tomorrow.
The High Court (HC) on March 12 had granted bail to Khaleda Zia, now in jail, in the graft case in which she was convicted and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the trial court.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the government moved separate appeals before the Appellate Divisions of the SC challenging the HC order of bail.
After concluding hearing arguments, a four-member bench of the appellate division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on May 9 fixed May 15 (Tuesday) for delivering verdict on the appeals.
On February 8, Special Judge's Court-5 of Dhaka sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years' imprisonment in the graft case.
The court also sentenced Khaleda Zia's elder son Tarique Rahman, now the acting chairman of BNP, and four others to 10 years' imprisonment each, and fined them a total of Tk 2.10 crore, saying that all the six convicts have to pay the fine in equal amounts.
The ACC had filed the case with Ramna Police Station in July 2008.
(Justnews/ys/2220hr)
