SC upholds bail to General Harun for six months

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court order that granted bail for six months to Destiny Group President and also former Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid who was sentenced to four years imprisonment by a trial court in a case filed on charge of embezzling Tk 18.61 billion.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, the chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, passed 'no order' on the petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking stay on the HC bail, said ACC counsel Khurshid Alam Khan.
Earlier on August 30, the HC granted bail to Harun-Ar-Rashid.
The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after hearing a bail petition filed by General Harun.
The court also asked the concerned officials to prepare paper book for hearing the appeal petition filed by the former army chief against his conviction.
Earlier on June 9, the High Court admitted the appeal petition for hearing filed by General Harun against his four years jail sentence.
On May 12 in 2022, a special court in Dhaka sentenced all the 46 accused, including Harun-Ar-Rashid and Managing Director of Destiny Group Rafiqul Amin, to different terms of imprisonment in a case filed over embezzling Tk 18.61 billion through Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited.

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