Full text of graft case judgment against Aman, wife released

BNP leader Aman Ullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman, who have been convicted and sentenced to 13-year and three-year jail terms respectively in a graft case, have to surrender before the lower court concerned within 15 days as the High Court released full text of its judgment in this regard on Monday, reports BSS.

The High Court released the full text of the 281-page judgment and uploaded it on its website.

A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat pronounced the judgment on May 30, upholding jail sentences for the couple in a case for amassing illegal wealth beyond known income source.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on March 6, 2007, filed the case with Kafrul Police Station in the capital against Aman Ullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman.

The Special Judge Court on June 21, 2007, sentenced Aman to 13 years and his wife to three years imprisonment in the case. The couple filed an appeal against the judgment and the High Court on August 16, 2010, had acquitted them, allowing their appeal.

The ACC after that filed their appeal, challenging the acquittal order. The Appellate Division on May 26, 2014, scrapped the High Court verdict and ordered fresh hearing on appeal in the case.