HC to hear Zubaida Rahman's appeal against 3-year sentence tomorrow
The High Court has set tomorrow (22 May) for hearing the appeal filed by Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman, challenging her three-year sentence in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over acquiring wealth beyond known sources and concealing asset information.
Justice Md Khizir Hayat's bench fixed the date today (21 May). Lawyers Kaiser Kamal and Zakir Hossain Bhuiyan represented Zubaida Rahman in court.
Earlier, on 14 May, the High Court accepted the appeal for hearing and granted her bail until the appeal is resolved. The court also suspended the fine imposed on her by the lower court.
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The case was originally filed on 26 September 2007 by ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Zahirul Huda at Kafrul Police Station in Dhaka.
It named Tarique Rahman, his wife Zubaida Rahman, and her mother Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu as accused.
On 2 August 2023, Judge Md Asaduzzaman of the Dhaka Senior Special Judge's Court sentenced Tarique Rahman to nine years and Zubaida Rahman to three years in prison in connection with the case.
The government later stayed Zubaida's sentence through a notification issued on 29 September 2023.
The notification, signed by Mohammad Abu Sayeed Molla, deputy secretary of the Security Services Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs, suspended her sentence for one year on the condition that she surrender and file an appeal.
