Verdict on appeals in Ershad’s graft case May 9

The High Court will deliver on May 9 its verdict on three separate appeals filed in a 25-year-old graft case against Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad.

The HC bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice Bhishmadev Chakraborty fixed the date after concluding hearing on the appeals today.

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Among the three appeals, one was filed by Ershad seeking acquittal in the case as a lower court had sentenced him to three years imprisonment in the case in 1992.

Two other appeals were filed by the government for enhancing the punishment of Ershad.

Earlier on March 27, 2017 Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha assigned a High Court bench to hear the three separate appeals in a 25-year-old corruption case filed against former president Ershad.

The then Bureau of Anti-Corruption (Bac), which became defunct after formation of the ACC in 2004, had filed the case against Ershad with Cantonment Police Station in 1992 on the charge of misappropriating Tk 1.91 crore by misusing powers at different times when he was the president from December 11, 1983 to December 6, 1990.

Source: thedailystar