The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim in a graft case.
A five-member full bench of the court headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique granted bail to the Awami League lawmaker after hearing a petition, challenging the High Court verdict.
Haji Salim, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in a graft case filed by the ACC, went to Bangkok this year for treatment on May 2 and returned home on May 5. The incident sparked a huge controversy.
On February 10 this year, the full text of the High Court's verdict was published upholding his 10-year imprisonment for amassing wealth worth Tk14.65 crore beyond known sources of his income.
The High Court asked him to surrender before the trial court within 30 days of receiving the verdict.
On March 9 last year, the High Court bench of Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq upheld the lower court order sentencing the MP to 10 years in jail after hearing a petition by the ACC.
At the same time, the Dhaka 7 lawmaker was acquitted of a three-year jail term in the same case filed by the ACC for concealing wealth information.