Staff Reporter :
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said, if the Supreme Court grants bail to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Sunday, she will not be freed until she gets bail in another case from a Comilla court.
“She needs to obtain bail in another case from a Comilla court so that she can be freed from jail,” the minister said.
Anisul Huq said this while talking to the journalists after a programme in the capital on Saturday.
After the Appellate Division stayed Khaleda Zia’s bail, her lawyers claimed that the action was the reflection of the governments wish.
When asked about the allegation, Anisul said: “A High Court bench has granted her bail. If the government truly interfered with the case, then it was not possible for her to get bail. We never intervene the work of the judiciary.”
The top court is scheduled to hear four petitions, two filed by Khaleda and the two others by the Anti-Corruption Commission and the State on Sunday. The former Prime Minister will be granted bail in the Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case if the Appellate Division accepts her petitions. BNP Chairperson Khaleda has been in jail since February 8 after conviction in the Orphanage Trust Corruption case. She was, however, granted bail by the High Court challenged by the State and the ACC filed two petitions challenging the order. Appellate Division Chamber Judge Justice Hasan Foez Siddique sent the two petitions to the full bench for hearing without passing any orders.
The top court stayed the High Court order and asked both parties to file leave-to-appeal.
Khaleda will have to appear in the Comilla Court on March 28. It is being assumed that Khaleda will be sent to Comilla if she does not get bail before the date of the hearing.
