The High Court canceled Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya's graft conviction, on Monday.
Maya had been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment by a lower court in the graft case, reports UNB.
A bench of Justices Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam delivered the judgment.
Maya's lawyer barrister Syed Ahmed Raja said that the HC relieved Maya from the jail sentence accepting an appeal he filed.
After re-hearing the appeal filed by Maya on Sunday, against the lower court's conviction, the HC set Monday to deliver its verdict.
On August 14, the High Court had set October 7 to deliver its judgment in the case.
Assistant Director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Nurul Alam filed the case with Sutrapur police station for illegally amassing wealth, worth Tk29 lakh, on June 13, 2007.
A Special Judge’s Court sentenced Maya to 13 years’ jail and also fined him Tk5 crore for the wealth accumulated on February 14, 2008.
On February 14, 2008, a Dhaka court sentenced him to 13 years in jail and fined him Tk50 million over wealth accumulation.
Maya filed an appeal with the High Court on May 25, 2009. Following the appeal, the High Court acquitted him from the corruption charges on October 27, 2010.
On June 14, 2015, a three-member bench of Appellate Division led by former Chief Justice SK Sinha scrapped the High Court verdict and ordered a re-hearing his appeal.