SC upholds bail for Khaleda Zia
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld bail for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain announced the judgment on the appeals against the High Court order that granted bail to Khaleda Zia.
On March 12, the High Court had granted bail to the BNP chairperson, now in jail, in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.
Later, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the government moved the appeals before the Appellate Division of the SC challenging the bail order.
On February 8, the Special Judge’s Court-5 of Dhaka sentenced Khaleda Zia to jail after it had found her and five others guilty in the graft case.
The ACC had filed the case with Ramna Police Station in July 2008, accusing the six of misappropriating over Tk 2.1 crore that came from a foreign bank as grants for orphans.
