The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld  a High Court order that granted bail to contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed over the much-discussed corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

 A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain dismissed  a petition recently  filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), seeking stay on the HC order.

ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star that Asif cannot get released from jail following the SC order since he is arrested in another corruption case. Lawyer Fida M Kamal appeared for Asif during the virtual hearing.

On October 21, the HC granted permanent bail to contractor Asif Hossain in the  case.

The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel delivered the verdict after hearing a rule issued over granting bail to Asif Hossain, managing director of Majid and Sons Construction Limited, that supplied some household items for officials of the power plant.

ACC filed the cases with its Pabna district office against Asif and several others on December 12 last year on charges of irregularities involving Tk 26 crore in supplying furniture and household items to the officials of the power plant. Asif was also arrested on that day.