HC verdict on Maya’s graft Oct 7
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Staff Correspondent: The High Court has fixed October 7 for delivering judgement on the appeal filed by Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya against his conviction and sentencing in a graft case.
The High Court bench of justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam fixed the date after concluding re-hearing on the appeal on Tuesday.
A special court on February 14, 2008, convicted Maya and sentenced him to 13 years in jail, fined him Tk 5 crore, and ordered confiscation of about Tk 6 crore of his “ill-gotten” wealth.
He was acquitted by the HC on October 27, 2010.
In 2011, the ACC filed the petition for permission to appeal against the HC verdict.
On June 14, 2015, the Supreme Court had cancelled a prior High Court verdict that had acquitted Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya from the corruption charges, that landed him in 13 years of jail time.
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