The High Court has fixed May 9 for pronouncing the verdict on three separate appeals in a corruption case in which former president HM Ershad was jailed for three years.
The bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice Bhishmadev Chakraborty Wednesday set the date after concluding hearing on the appeals filed by Ershad and the prosecution.
Ershad’s plea challenged the sentence, whereas the state appeals were for increasing his jail term.
The former military dictator, now prime minister’s special envoy Ershad was convicted and sentenced with three-year imprisonment by a lower court back in 1992, one year after the case was filed accusing him of embezzling Tk1.91cr when he was in office.
The High Court stayed the execution of the verdict following Ershad's appeal the same year.
Later on June 26 in 2012, the Anti-Corruption Commission became a party in the case following a High Court directive.
Two years later, the High Court had started the appeal hearing. However, the proceedings were stalled and the hearing resumed again after ACC filed a plea seeking its revival on November 30 last year.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
