Destiny Group boss Harun-Ar-Rashid\\\'s bail upheld

The bail granted to Destiny 2000 President and former army chief Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid in two money laundering cases has been upheld. A four-member Appellate Bench headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha on Monday dismissed the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)’s petition challenging the bail. The Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court rejected the petition after taking into consideration Harun’s medical report and his social status. He was released from jail after high court had granted him conditional bail on October 18, 2012. The conditions were that Harun would not try to influence the course of investigation, he would not leave the country without court’s permission and he would cooperate with the investigation process. He was also barred from keeping any contact with any of the official or employee of the Destiny Group and the accused. The court had said the lower court would scrap his bail if he violated any of the conditions. On October 25, 2012, the ACC had filed the leave to appeal against the bail. “The Appellate Division has upheld his bail in the two cases,” ACC’s lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan said after Monday’s hearing. The ACC filed the cases on July 31, 2012, with Kalabagan Police Station in Dhaka over misappropriation of Tk41.18 billion and siphoning off Tk 960 million. Apart from Harun, 22 persons including Destiny Group Chairman Mohammad Hossain and Managing Director Rafiqul Amin were named accused in the cases, according to bdnews24.com.
- biplab