Khaleda’s bail: SC order on 4 petitions tomorrow

The Supreme Court will deliver its order on four separate petitions over the High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years jail.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the apex court, headed by the Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain fixed the date for passing of the order after hearing arguments on the petitions.

Khaleda landed in jail on February 8 after she was handed the five-year jail sentence by a Dhaka court for misappropriating a donation fund of the Zia Orphanage Trust.

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Two of the petitions were filed challenging the HC order and two others to vacate the SC’s stay order on the HC ruling.

The attorney general’s office and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed two leave-to-appeal petitions with the SC challenging the HC order that granted bail to Khaleda.

The petitions also sought extension of the SC order that stayed the bail order until Sunday.

Earlier on Wednesday, Khaleda filed two petitions with the SC seeking the apex court's order to vacate its stay order.