Order on Khaleda's bail pleas likely on Sunday

The High Court is likely to pass its orders on Sunday on bail petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in three cases, reports UNB.

A bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice JBM Hasan heard the bail pleas in one case, saying they will hear the rest two bail petitions and pass orders on Sunday.

Among the two cases, one was filed in Cumilla on charge of plotting to carry out subversive acts and another in Narail on charge of defamation.

Earlier on May 19, the HC granted permission to Khaleda for filing the bail petitions after her lawyers sought for it.

The Appellate Division earlier on May 18 upheld the High Court order that had granted bail to convicted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.