SC adjourns hearing against Khaleda’s bail till tomorrow

Staff Correspondent:  The appeal hearing against BNP leader Khaleda Zia’s bail in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case has been adjourned until tomorrow (Wednesday).

After concluding today’s appeal hearing, the four-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain set tomorrow to resume the hearing of arguments from Khaleda’s side.

Today, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan and Attorney General Mahbubey Alam placed their arguments against High Court’s bail order for Khaleda.

Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali then placed Khaleda’s argument in favour of bail. He is scheduled to resume his arguments tomorrow after the court takes seat.

The HC on March 12 granted her four months' bail in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years in prison. She landed in jail on February 8.

 

A week later, the SC stayed the HC bail order following two leave-to-appeal petitions filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission and the government. The apex court also fixed today for hearing the petitions.


risingbd/May 8, 2018/Mahadi/Mukul