The Supreme Court yesterday reinstated a High Court verdict on Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju in a case filed on illegal wealth accumulation charges.
A four-member bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha gave the order in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Barrister Rokan Uddin Mahmud and Ahsanul Karim stood for Manju while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Khurshid Alam Khan represented the prosecution and the ACC respectively.
On October 7, 2007, the ACC filed the case accusing Manju of making Tk1.72 crore illegally.
During the military-backed caretaker government, Manju was sentenced to 13 years in jail and was also fined Tk10 lakh.
In 2010, a High Court bench acquitted him of the charges and the ACC later appealed.