The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed till May 29 a High Court order granting bail to suspended deputy inspector general (DIG) of prisons Md Bazlur Rashid in a graft case, in which he has been convicted and sentenced to five years in prison.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim of the Appellate Division Chamber Judge Court passed the order after holding a hearing on an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) petition challenging Wednesday's High Court order.
A High Court bench of Justice Md Ashraful Kamal on Wednesday allowed Md Bazlur Rashid bail after holding a hearing on a plea filed by the convict.
Dhaka Special Judge Court 5 on October 23, 2022, jailed Md Bazlur Rashid for five years and fined him Tk500,000 in the case filed on charges of illegally amassing assets worth over Tk3.14 crore.
