The High Court has granted bail to Bidisha Siddique, former wife of late president and Jatiya Party founding chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad, in a fraud case, clearing the way for her release, lawyers said.
A High Court bench comprising Justice Md Khairul Alam and Justice Md Rafizul Islam passed the order on Sunday.
Earlier, on May 20, a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court sentenced Bidisha to two years’ rigorous imprisonment in the case filed over the sale of a flat.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jamshed Alam also fined her Tk10,000, with one month’s imprisonment in default. The court issued a warrant for her arrest after she was absent when the verdict was announced.
On August 26, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junaid ordered Bidisha to be sent to jail following a hearing in the case.
The case was filed on February 7, 2008, by businessman Mosharraf Hossain.
According to the complaint, Mosharraf, an importer and sanitary products businessman based in Mirpur-10, contacted Bidisha in 2001 to purchase a flat.
The complaint said they later reached an agreement for the sale of a flat at President Park in Baridhara for Tk80 lakh.
