UNB, Dhaka :
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday filed two petitions with the Supreme Court against the High Court order that rejected her two petitions seeking a stay on the
proceedings of the Zia Charitable Trust case. Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokon filed the petitions with the wing concerned of the Appellate Division.
The hearing on the petitions will be held at the Chamber Judge Court within two or three days, said Khokon.
The High Court on May 15 rejected the two revision petitions filed by Khaleda Zia seeking cancellation of the lower court order that had rejected her two petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust case, paving the way for continuing the trial in the case.
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 another 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. On January 16, 2012, Harun-or-Rashid, investigation officer of the case, submitted a chargesheet putting the names of four people in the case.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday filed two petitions with the Supreme Court against the High Court order that rejected her two petitions seeking a stay on the
proceedings of the Zia Charitable Trust case. Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokon filed the petitions with the wing concerned of the Appellate Division.
The hearing on the petitions will be held at the Chamber Judge Court within two or three days, said Khokon.
The High Court on May 15 rejected the two revision petitions filed by Khaleda Zia seeking cancellation of the lower court order that had rejected her two petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust case, paving the way for continuing the trial in the case.
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 another 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. On January 16, 2012, Harun-or-Rashid, investigation officer of the case, submitted a chargesheet putting the names of four people in the case.
