The High Court has granted four weeks anticipatory bail to former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Layla Parveen in a corruption case.
The court also ordered the couple to surrender before the lower court after four weeks.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel granted the bail on Monday.
Advocate Sheikh Awsafur Rahman stood for the bail petition, Deputy Attorney General AKM Aminuddin Manik represented the state, and Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan stood for the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
Earlier, on December 30, 2019, the ACC filed three cases against Awal and one against his wife for occupying a portion of government land behind the land office in Pirojpur Sadar Upazila and building a two-storied building on it.
Awal also rented the building to Pally Bidyut Samity and the rent agreement was signed by his wife Layla.
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They appeared before the court on January 7 and sought interim bail. The High Court granted them bail for eight weeks.
On March 3, they surrendered before the court of Pirojpur District and Sessions Judge Md Mannan.
The court ordered the authorities concerned to send Awal and his wife to jail, rejecting their bail prayers in three corruption cases.
Later, Mannan was stand released within four hours after he rejected the bail petition of Awal and his wife Layla Parveen in the cases.
Later, acting district and sessions judge Nahid Nasrin granted them bail for two months following a review petition filed by the accused.
On September 17, the High Court issued a rule over granting bail of Awal and his wife after hearing of three petitions filed by the ACC.
On October 1, the High Court issued three rules asking concerned authorities to explain why the Pirojpur court order, granting bail to former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Layla Parvin in three separate graft cases, would not be declared illegal.
Awal was elected from ruling Awami League from the Pirojpur 1 constituency in the 2008 and 2014 elections.