UNB, Dhaka :
The High Court on Sunday rejected two revision petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking cancellation of the lower court order rejecting her two petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust case.
An HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain passed the order clearing trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Now there is no bar to continue the case against the BNP chairperson, said ACC (Anti Corruption Commission) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan.
Earlier on May 10, the court fixed the date to pass its order on two revision
petitions filed by Khaleda. On April 17, Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court-3 set up at the playground of Govt Alia Madrasah in the capital’ s Bakshibazar rejected the two petitions – one for cross-examining the investigation officer of the case again and the other for showing the case document under section 172 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The following day, Barrister Ragib Rouf Chowdhury, on behalf of the BNP chief, filed the two revision petitions with the High Court that also sought a stay on the case proceedings.
On August 8, 2011, the ACC filed the Zia Charitable Trust graft case with Tejgaon Police Station accusing four people, including Khaleda Zia, of abusing power in raising funds for the trust from unknown sources.
The High Court on Sunday rejected two revision petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking cancellation of the lower court order rejecting her two petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust case.
An HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain passed the order clearing trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Now there is no bar to continue the case against the BNP chairperson, said ACC (Anti Corruption Commission) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan.
Earlier on May 10, the court fixed the date to pass its order on two revision
petitions filed by Khaleda. On April 17, Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court-3 set up at the playground of Govt Alia Madrasah in the capital’ s Bakshibazar rejected the two petitions – one for cross-examining the investigation officer of the case again and the other for showing the case document under section 172 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The following day, Barrister Ragib Rouf Chowdhury, on behalf of the BNP chief, filed the two revision petitions with the High Court that also sought a stay on the case proceedings.
On August 8, 2011, the ACC filed the Zia Charitable Trust graft case with Tejgaon Police Station accusing four people, including Khaleda Zia, of abusing power in raising funds for the trust from unknown sources.
