Court Correspondent :
The documents of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case are likely to be sent to the High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday.
Mokarram Hossain, a bench assistant (Peskar) of the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka disclosed this to the newsmen yesterday (Wednesday).
The High Court Division on February 22 accepted the appeal petition filed on behalf of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia challenging the lower court verdict and seeking her acquittal in graft case.
Earlier, on February 19, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer received the 1174-page certified copy of the judgement of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case to file the appeal challenging the verdict.
Later, on February 25, the High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim passed an order saying that it would give its order on Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in the case after getting the lower court documents in the case.
Earlier, the High Court asked the lower court to send documents of the case within 15 days. Meanwhile, on February 22, the court stayed the fine of Tk 2.10 crore slapped on Khaleda Zia in the case.
Meanwhile, the file of the lower court is awaited for getting the order of the apex court.
On February 8, Judge Dr Md Aktaruzzaman of the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years rigorous imprisonment and also fined Tk 2.10 crore in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
Since then, she has been confined in Old Dhaka’s central jail. Five others, including her son Tarique Rahman were sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment each. The court also fined them Tk 2.10 crore saying that the six convicts would pay the fine equally.
The documents of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case are likely to be sent to the High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday.
Mokarram Hossain, a bench assistant (Peskar) of the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka disclosed this to the newsmen yesterday (Wednesday).
The High Court Division on February 22 accepted the appeal petition filed on behalf of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia challenging the lower court verdict and seeking her acquittal in graft case.
Earlier, on February 19, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer received the 1174-page certified copy of the judgement of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case to file the appeal challenging the verdict.
Later, on February 25, the High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim passed an order saying that it would give its order on Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in the case after getting the lower court documents in the case.
Earlier, the High Court asked the lower court to send documents of the case within 15 days. Meanwhile, on February 22, the court stayed the fine of Tk 2.10 crore slapped on Khaleda Zia in the case.
Meanwhile, the file of the lower court is awaited for getting the order of the apex court.
On February 8, Judge Dr Md Aktaruzzaman of the Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years rigorous imprisonment and also fined Tk 2.10 crore in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
Since then, she has been confined in Old Dhaka’s central jail. Five others, including her son Tarique Rahman were sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment each. The court also fined them Tk 2.10 crore saying that the six convicts would pay the fine equally.
