Graft case: HC upholds 10 years’ imprisonment of Haji Salim
The High Court today upheld a trial court verdict that sentenced Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim to 10 years' imprisonment and fined him Tk 10 lakh in a corruption case.
The HC, however, acquitted Haji Salim of the charge of concealing information on his wealth in which he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
The bench of Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq delivered the verdict after rehearing on the appeal filed by Haji Salim, challenging the trial court verdict that sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment in the corruption case filed for amassing illegal wealth and concealing information about it.
The Special Judge's Court-7 of Dhaka convicted Haji Salim and sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment in the case on April 27, 2008.
Haji Salim filed an appeal with the HC on October 25, 2009 against the trial court verdict. Following the appeal, the HC on January 2, 2011 acquitted Haji Salim of the corruption case.
The ACC then appealed against the HC verdict to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.
The Appellate Division on January 12, 2015 scrapped the HC verdict and directed the HC to hold a rehearing of Haji Salim's appeal and to dispose of the appeal again.
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