Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday fixed October 7 for delivering judgement on the appeal filed by Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya against his conviction and sentence in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commissin (ACC).
The HC bench of justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice K M Hafizul Alam passed the order after fresh hearing on the appeal.
Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder, Dr Bashir Ahmed and Barrister Sayed Ahmed Raza appeared in the court on behalf of Maya Chowdhury, while Advocate Khurshed Alam Khan stood for the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Khurshed Alam Khan said, “Hearing has been concluded. The HC has fixed October 7 for judgement.”
Nurul Alam, the then Assistant Director of ACC, filed the case on June 13 in 2007, with the Sutrapur Police Station, Dhaka, on charges of being the owner of illegal assets amounting to Tk 29 lakh.
A special court on February 14, 2008, convicted Maya and sentenced him to 13 years in jail, fined him Tk five crore, and ordered confiscation for his “ill-gotten” wealth about Tk 6 crore.
He filed the appeal with the HC on May 25, 2009, challenging the special court’s verdict. He was acquitted by the HC on October 27, 2010, after his party had come to the power.
In 2011, the ACC filed the petition for permission to appeal against the HC verdict.
On June 14, 2015, the Appellate Division bench headed by then Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha cancelled the High Court verdict that had acquitted Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya from the corruption charges brought against him.
The same day, the apex court directed the High Court to hold fresh hearing on the appeal filed by Maya who was on the run during the trial did not stand in the 2008 Parliamentary elections. He returned home after his party came to power.
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday fixed October 7 for delivering judgement on the appeal filed by Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya against his conviction and sentence in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commissin (ACC).
The HC bench of justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice K M Hafizul Alam passed the order after fresh hearing on the appeal.
Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder, Dr Bashir Ahmed and Barrister Sayed Ahmed Raza appeared in the court on behalf of Maya Chowdhury, while Advocate Khurshed Alam Khan stood for the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Khurshed Alam Khan said, “Hearing has been concluded. The HC has fixed October 7 for judgement.”
Nurul Alam, the then Assistant Director of ACC, filed the case on June 13 in 2007, with the Sutrapur Police Station, Dhaka, on charges of being the owner of illegal assets amounting to Tk 29 lakh.
A special court on February 14, 2008, convicted Maya and sentenced him to 13 years in jail, fined him Tk five crore, and ordered confiscation for his “ill-gotten” wealth about Tk 6 crore.
He filed the appeal with the HC on May 25, 2009, challenging the special court’s verdict. He was acquitted by the HC on October 27, 2010, after his party had come to the power.
In 2011, the ACC filed the petition for permission to appeal against the HC verdict.
On June 14, 2015, the Appellate Division bench headed by then Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha cancelled the High Court verdict that had acquitted Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya from the corruption charges brought against him.
The same day, the apex court directed the High Court to hold fresh hearing on the appeal filed by Maya who was on the run during the trial did not stand in the 2008 Parliamentary elections. He returned home after his party came to power.
