The Supreme Court has scrapped the High Court verdict that acquitted former Awami League lawmaker Joynal Hazari in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order yesterday.
“The Supreme Court scrapped the High Court verdict after we filed a leave-to-appeal petition against the verdict,” said ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan.
The apex court also ordered to hold further hearing on the appeal at the High Court.
Hazari was charged with illegally amassing wealth worth Tk1.13 crore in the case filed by M Shafiqur Rahman, ACC deputy director in Comilla, with Feni Sadar police station on October 2, 2007.
On November 27, 2008, a Special Judge’s Court in Dhaka sentenced Hazari to 10 years in prison and fined him Tk1 crore in the case.
However, Hazari challenged the verdict at the High Court and was acquitted of the charges on December 5, 2011.
On April 14, 2012, the ACC filed a leave-to-appeal petition with the Appellate Division against the High Court verdict.
