The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court Division order that stayed trial proceedings in four sabotage cases against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia.
A bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Senior Justice Muhammad Imman Ali, came up with the orders after virtually hearing four separate petitions filed by the state seeking a stay on the HC orders.
Additional Attorney General Momtaz Uddin Fakir appeared for the state while Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon on behalf of Khaleda during the virtual proceedings of the court.
Earlier on 17 August, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the High Court Division order that stayed trial proceedings in four sabotage cases against Khaleda Zia.
A five-member bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hasan, issued the order after rejecting petitions filed by the state seeking cancellation of the HC order.
Former prime minister Khaleda was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail since her conviction in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018.
On March this year, the BNP chief was released from jail for six months upon an executive order considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. The six-month tenure of the order will end on September 24.
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