The top court yesterday cancelled a High Court verdict that had acquitted senior BNP Aman Ullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman from a corruption case filed by the ACC.
A five-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain cancelled the acquittal order and sent the case back to the High Court for further hearing, ACC counsels told the Dhaka Tribune.
The case was filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2007 for acquiring wealth beyond the defendants’ known source of income and for concealing information.
On June 21, 2007, a lower court imposed 13 years of imprisonment for Aman – the BNP’s joint secretary general – and three years for Sabera. On August 16, 2010, the High Court acquitted the duo following a petition.
On September 15 last year, the ACC filed a petition seeking permission to lodge an appeal against the acquittal.
