Nazmul Huda’s jail term commuted to 4 years

Staff Correspondent:  The High Court has commuted seven years rigorous imprisonment of former Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda to four years in a bribery case of Tk 2.40 crore.

At the same time, the court has directed him to surrender before the court within 45 days.

The court also upheld his wife Sigma Huda’s three years simple imprisonment.

A bench of Justice Bhabani Prasad Singh and Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam gave the order on Wednesday noon.

The bench said that Sigma Huda sentence would be considered as served out because she had earlier suffered in jail in this case.
 

The High Court had earlier acquitted them, but the Appellate Division scrapped it and sent it back for a fresh hearing.

On August 27 in 2007, a Dhaka court jailed Nazmul Huda for seven years and Sigma Huda for three years in the bribery case filed by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC).

 

risingbd / Dhaka / Nov 8, 2017 / Mehadi /Mukul