SC to hear plea on Khaleda's acquittal today

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to hold hearing today (Sunday) on a state plea over High Court (HC) judgment in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case, reports BSS.

The court earlier in its verdict acquitted BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and two others convicted and sentenced by the lower court concerned in the case.

The matter came on the apex court's cause list for February 16 as item number five.

Additional Attorney General Aneek Rushd Haque said the state had filed the appeal over the HC judgement that acquitted Begum Khaleda Zia and others.

That plea has come to the Appellate Division's regular bench for hearing and it came on the cause list for today, he added. The HC on November 27, 2024, allowed two separate appeals filed by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and two other convicts, challenging the lower court conviction and sentence in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case and acquitted them of the charges.