BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's appeal for acquittal and sentence enhancement in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case has ended. At the same time, the court has set tomorrow Tuesday as the day to announce the verdict in this case.
Justice M. on Monday. Inayetur Rahim and Justice Md. The High Court bench comprising Mustafizur Rahman passed the order.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan represented the ACC in the court. However, no lawyer was present for Khaleda Zia.
Khaleda Zia was sentenced to five years in prison in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8 by the temporary fifth special judge court established in Bakshibazar of the capital. Soon after the verdict, he was taken to the old Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road that afternoon. Later, Khaleda Zia appealed to the High Court against this sentence.
Meanwhile, the court sentenced Khaleda Zia to 7 years in the Zia Charitable Trust case.
