Staff Reorter :
The High Court on Wednesday refused to grant bail to Destiny Group managing director Rafiqul Amin and Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd chairman Mohammad Hossain in two money laundering cases involving Tk 42.0 billion.
But the court kept four separate bail petitions filed by the two Destiny Group officials on stand over (waiting for hearing) till reopening of regular court activities after ongoing closure.
The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder passed the order after hearing their bail petitions virtually.
The Destiny officials filed the petitions recently seeking bail in the cases on grounds that they have been suffering in jail for long since October 11, 2012 and they are now physically sick.
Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru and Barrister M Mainul Islam who appeared in the hearing for the accused prayed to grant them bail on health grounds.
On the other hand, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan and Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik opposed the petitions saying that the accused cannot be granted bail as there are specific allegations against them of laundering huge sum of money.
Besides, the accused petitioners are now reportedly receiving treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, they argued.
On July 10, 2017, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court refused to grant bail to the two as they did not act in accordance with an earlier order of the HC in the same money laundering cases.
On July 31, 2012, the ACC filed the cases against 22 officials of Destiny Group, including Rafiqul Amin and Mohammad Hossain, with Kalabagan Police Station. After investigation, the ACC submitted charge sheet in the cases on May 5, 2014.
The High Court on Wednesday refused to grant bail to Destiny Group managing director Rafiqul Amin and Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd chairman Mohammad Hossain in two money laundering cases involving Tk 42.0 billion.
But the court kept four separate bail petitions filed by the two Destiny Group officials on stand over (waiting for hearing) till reopening of regular court activities after ongoing closure.
The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder passed the order after hearing their bail petitions virtually.
The Destiny officials filed the petitions recently seeking bail in the cases on grounds that they have been suffering in jail for long since October 11, 2012 and they are now physically sick.
Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru and Barrister M Mainul Islam who appeared in the hearing for the accused prayed to grant them bail on health grounds.
On the other hand, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan and Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik opposed the petitions saying that the accused cannot be granted bail as there are specific allegations against them of laundering huge sum of money.
Besides, the accused petitioners are now reportedly receiving treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, they argued.
On July 10, 2017, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court refused to grant bail to the two as they did not act in accordance with an earlier order of the HC in the same money laundering cases.
On July 31, 2012, the ACC filed the cases against 22 officials of Destiny Group, including Rafiqul Amin and Mohammad Hossain, with Kalabagan Police Station. After investigation, the ACC submitted charge sheet in the cases on May 5, 2014.
