SC fixes Oct 23 for hearing on Haji Salim’s appeal

Staff Reporter :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday fixed October 23, 2022 for hearing the leave to appeal petition filed by Haji Mohammad Salim, a ruling party lawmaker from Dhaka-7 Constituency, challenging the High Court verdict that upheld his conviction and 10 years’ jail sentence in a corruption case. It has also kept his bail petition in the case in record.
The court said, “The leave petition be posted for hearing on October 23, 2022. The application for bail be kept with the record.”
A three-member Bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order after hearing the appeal and bail petitions filed by Haji Salim.
Lawyer Sayeed Ahmed Raza appeared in the court hearing on behalf of Haji Salim, while lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Earlier on May 24, this year Haji Salim filed appeal petition with the Appellate Division challenging the High Court verdict that upheld his conviction and 10 years’ jail sentence in the corruption case. He also sought bail in the case.