The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has cancelled the High Court's acquittal of ruling party lawmaker Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya from a 13 year jail sentence in a corruption case.
The apex court also ordered a fresh appeal hearing of the case.
A three-member bench led by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order on Sunday afternoon, following a leave-to-appeal petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
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, an HC bench acquitted the minister of the corruption charges and cancelled his conviction.