UNB, Dhaka :The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a High Court order for 7 days that granted bail to BNP leader Mirza Abbas in a graft case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) for irregularities in allocating plots.A five member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the ACC, said Khurshid Alam Khan, lawyer of the ACC.Advocate Joynul Abedin stood for Mirza Abbas in the hearing. Earlier on March 9, the High Court granted bail to BNP leader Mirza Abbas in the case. On February 8, the HC issued a rule to explain why Mirza Abbas would not be given permanent bail in the case.Earlier on February 15, the BNP leader securedbail from the HC in two separate arson cases filed with Motijheel and Paltan police stations. On March 6, 2014, the ACC filed the graft case with Shahbagh Police Station against Mirza Abbas and several others on charge of corruption in plot allocation among journalists when he was the Housing and Public Works Minister.On January 6, 2015, a Dhaka court sent BNP leader Abbas to jail rejecting his bail petition in the two arson cases filed with Motijheel and Paltan police stations after he surrendered before the court.
