The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant bail to Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin in a case filed against him and others on charge of embezzling more than Tk22.57 billion through Destiny Tree Plantation Project (DTPP).
The apex court, however, kept his bail petition as stand over for six months.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after hearing a leave to appeal petition filed by Rafiqul Amin.
Lawyer Shah Monjurul Hoque appeared for Rafiqul Amin while lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) during the court proceedings.
Later Khurshid Alam Khan said the bail petition will further come for hearing after six months.
A High Court bench last year rejected Rafiqul Amin's bail petition in the case. Later he filed an appeal petition with the Appellate Division against the HC rejection order.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on July 31, 2012 filed two cases under the Money Laundering Prevention Act with the capital's Kalabagan Police Station against the Destiny officials.
In one case, 46 people were accused of misappropriating Tk 18.61 billion under the cover of Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited Project, while in another case 19 people were accused of embezzling more that Tk 22.57 billion through Destiny Tree Plantation Project (DTPP).
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