Shamim Osman gets ad interim bail

The High Court (HC) yesterday granted ad interim bail to former Awami League lawmaker AKM Shamim Osman in two graft cases in which he was earlier jailed for 11 years.
The HC bench of Justice Md Shamsul Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddique granted the bail following two separate appeals filed by him against the lower court judgments.
The bail will continue till disposal of the appeals.
The trial court had sentenced him to eight years imprisonment in the NBR-filed case while three years in the ACC-filed case during the last caretaker government.