The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday prayed to the High Court for hearing the pending appeals filed by six accused including Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya challenging their conviction and sentences handed down to them in separate corruption cases.
One of ACC lawyers Khurshid Alam Khan filed the petition for re-hearing the plea on Sunday. The High Court bench of Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha and Justice SM Mozibor Rahman accepted the appeals for hearing.
Khurshid Alam Khan told that the High Court Bench will later on fixed date for hearing the appeals.
On June 14, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court cancelled the High Court`s acquittal of ruling party lawmaker Maya from a 13-year jail sentence in a corruption case.
On June 13 in 2007, the ACC filed the case against Maya with Sutrapur police station on the charge of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk29 lakh and concealing information about it.
A special court sentenced Maya to 13 years` imprisonment in the case on February 14, 2008. Maya filed an appeal with the HC challenging the special court`s verdict on May 25, 2009.
After hearing the appeal, HC bench acquitted the minister of the corruption charges and cancelled his conviction.