The High Court on Monday accepted an appeal from Rafiqul Amin, managing director of Destiny Group, against a 12-year sentence for allegedly embezzling Tk 4,119.24 crore through Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited.
At the same time, the court suspended the verdict that imposed a fine of Tk 200 crore on Rafiqul and summoned the documents of the case from the lower court.
A High Court division bench comprising Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan passed the order.
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Deputy Attorney General KM Masood Rumi was present at the hearing.
Earlier on May 12, Dhaka Special Judge's Court-4 came up with the judgment against Rafiqul and others over the Destiny scam.
