Full text of HC verdict quashing Khaleda Zia's eight cases published

The full text of the High Court (HC) verdict quashing the proceedings of eight cases filed against BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia has been published, reports BSS.

The text of these verdicts has been published on the Supreme Court website.

On October 30 last year, a HC Division Bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain granted the rule (absolute) and gave the verdict quashing the cases.

Lawyers including senior lawyer Zainul Abedin, Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Barrister Kaiser Kamal and Advocate Gazi Kamrul Islam Sajal appeared for Begum Khaleda Zia in the HC while Deputy Attorney General Md Jasim Sarkar and Russell Ahmed stood for the state.

The cases were filed on January 29, February 04, February 20, March 01 and March 3 in 2015 with Darus Salam Police Station and on January 24 and January 23 in 2015 at Jatrabari Police Station. Later, charge sheets were filed in these cases.

In this situation, Begum Khaleda Zia separately pleaded to the HC in 2017 to cancel the proceedings of the cases.