BNP leaders get HC bail
Thursday, 18 September 2008
The High Court Wednesday granted three-month bail to a number of BNP leaders including Mir Nasiruddin, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, AKM Mosharraf Hossain, Zafrul Islam Chowdhury, Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan, Daud Salauddin, Manjurul Ahsan Munshi and Ariful Haque Chowdhury, reports bdnews24.com.
The vacation bench of justices Mirza Hossain Haider and Mamnun Rahman in the orders also halted the sentences of former state ministers Mir Nasiruddin, Amanullah Aman, Tuku, Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbbas for the same period. The court stayed the 13-year jail terms awarded to Mir Nasir, Tuku and Aman each on charges of accumulating illegal wealth.
It also asked the government and the Anti-corruption Commission to explain why the sentences against them would not be declared illegal. The court also stayed the proceedings of one criminal case filed against Aman for three months.
The vacation bench of justices Mirza Hossain Haider and Mamnun Rahman in the orders also halted the sentences of former state ministers Mir Nasiruddin, Amanullah Aman, Tuku, Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbbas for the same period. The court stayed the 13-year jail terms awarded to Mir Nasir, Tuku and Aman each on charges of accumulating illegal wealth.
It also asked the government and the Anti-corruption Commission to explain why the sentences against them would not be declared illegal. The court also stayed the proceedings of one criminal case filed against Aman for three months.