SC grants bail to Nazmul Huda in bribe case
Staff Reporter :
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday granted bail to Barrister Nazmul Huda in a bribery case in which he was sentenced to four years imprisonment by the High Court.
The apex court also permitted Nazmul Huda to move an appeal in this court against the HC verdict.
A four-member Bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after hearing a leave to appeal petition filed by Huda challenging the HC verdict.
In the leave to appeal petition he also sought bail from the Supreme Court.
On March 21, 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station, saying that Huda, when he was the Communications Minister in the BNP-led government, took Tk 2.40 crore as bribe from businessman Mir Zahir Hossain at different times in exchange for awarding him five government contracts for construction work, including road renovation, worth about Tk 30 crore.
A special court on August 27, 2007, sentenced Huda to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and his wife Sigma to three years’ simple imprisonment.
Sigma was charged in the case for aiding and abetting her husband in taking the bribe.
Following their appeal, the HC on March 20, 2011, acquitted the couple of the corruption charges.
On December 1, 2014, the SC’s Appellate Division scrapped the acquittal and asked the HC to hold a fresh hearing on their appeal.
On November 8, 2017, the HC delivered a verdict commuting the jail term of Huda to four years from seven years in the bribery case involving Tk 2.4 crore.
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday granted bail to Barrister Nazmul Huda in a bribery case in which he was sentenced to four years imprisonment by the High Court.
The apex court also permitted Nazmul Huda to move an appeal in this court against the HC verdict.
A four-member Bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after hearing a leave to appeal petition filed by Huda challenging the HC verdict.
In the leave to appeal petition he also sought bail from the Supreme Court.
On March 21, 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station, saying that Huda, when he was the Communications Minister in the BNP-led government, took Tk 2.40 crore as bribe from businessman Mir Zahir Hossain at different times in exchange for awarding him five government contracts for construction work, including road renovation, worth about Tk 30 crore.
A special court on August 27, 2007, sentenced Huda to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and his wife Sigma to three years’ simple imprisonment.
Sigma was charged in the case for aiding and abetting her husband in taking the bribe.
Following their appeal, the HC on March 20, 2011, acquitted the couple of the corruption charges.
On December 1, 2014, the SC’s Appellate Division scrapped the acquittal and asked the HC to hold a fresh hearing on their appeal.
On November 8, 2017, the HC delivered a verdict commuting the jail term of Huda to four years from seven years in the bribery case involving Tk 2.4 crore.
