Sabera Aman gets SC bail in graft case
UNB, Dhaka :
The Appellate Division on Monday granted bail to Sabera Aman, wife of BNP leader Aman Ullah Aman, in a case filed over acquiring wealth beyond known income source.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim granted the bail till January 15 next year following a bail petition filed by Sabera.
At the same time, the court fixed the day for hearing on the petition in the full bench of the Appellate Division.
Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon stood for Sabera Aman while Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) during the hearing.
On September 3, Judge Abul Kashem of Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 sent Sabera Aman to jail after she surrendered before the court. The court also rejected her bail petition in the case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on March 6, 2007, filed the case with the city’s Kafrul police station against Aman Ullah Aman and his wife Sabera Aman.
On June 21, 2007, a court sentenced Aman to 13 years imprisonment and his wife to three years jail in the case.
Later, they filed an appeal challenging the lower court order.
On August 16, 2010, the High Court acquitted them.
The Anti-Corruption Commission submitted a petition to the Appellate Division challenging the HC order.
On May 26, 2014, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court asked the High Court to re-hear the petition.
On May 30, the High Court upheld the lower court order that had sentenced Aman to 13 years jail and his wife Sabera to three years.
It also asked them to surrender before the court within 15 days of getting the text of the verdict.