The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is set to hear on Thursday BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust Case.
On December 5, the apex court deferred the hearing until December 12 and asked the medical board formed to treat Khaleda Zia to submit reports on her health condition before it within Thursday.
A six-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, had passed the order following a petition seeking time.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam had filed the petition seeking time for submitting the health reports.
On November 28, the six-member Appellate Division bench deferred the hearing on the bail petition in the case until December 5.
It had also asked the medical board formed to treat the BNP chairperson to submit a health report before the court on December 5.
Khaleda Zai had moved the apex court on November 14 challenging a High Court order that had turned down her bail petition in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.
The High Court on September 11 rejected Khaleda’s bail petition in the case. Her bail petitions were turned down twice earlier on July 31 and September 3.
On August 8, 2011, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the Zia Charitable Trust case with Tejgaon police against four people, including Khaleda Zia.
A special court jailed the BNP chief and three others for seven years in the case on October 29 last year. Khaleda Zao later moved the High Court.
The former prime minister has been in prison since February 8 last year after she was sentenced to jail for five years in a separate case.
Khaleda Zia is currently being treated at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.
