The Supreme Court (SC) is set to deliver its order today (Tuesday) on the leave-to-appeal petitions challenging BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail that the High Court (HC) granted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, reports UNB.
The full bench of the Appellate Division (AD), led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, will pass the order in the morning.
Khaleda Zia's lawyers, meanwhile, voiced high hope that the apex court will grant Khaleda's bail considering her health condition, age and social status.
"We're completing all the necessary preparations to place our arguments before the highest court in favour of granting her bail in the case," Mahbubuddin Khokon, Khaleda's one of the lawyers, told the news agency.
He said they will focus on the bail precedence alongside her falling health condition in jail during their arguments.
Khokon said they are confident that the AD will uphold the HC's bail to Khaleda.
The BNP chief's another lawyer, Kayser Kamal, said there is no example in the subcontinent that any convicted person with five years' jail term was not granted bail. "So, we'll highlight the historic bail precedence."
He said all the grounds are there in the BNP chief's case to give her bail considering her social position and dignity as she is a woman, former prime minister, 73-yar-old person and seriously ill.
"So, we're sure that she's going to get bail from the highest court."
On March 19, the AD of the Supreme Court stayed Khaleda Zia's bail until May 8 in the graft case in which she was convicted by the lower court and sent to jail.
