SC upholds bail for Harun
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday upheld the High Court (HC) order that granted bail to Destiny Group President Lt Gen (retd) M Harun-Ar-Rashid in two money laundering cases.
Justice Md Shamsul Huda, chamber judge of the Appellate Division, passed the order after hearing the two petitions submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking stay on the HC order.
The ACC would file two separate leave to appeal petitions with the SC challenging the HC order after getting the certified copy of the verdict, Khurshid Alam Khan, ACC's counsel, told The Daily Star.
On October 18, the HC granted Harun a two-month bail in the cases. Three days later, the ACC filed two petitions with the SC seeking stay on the HC order.
During the hearing yesterday, Harun's lawyer Abdul Matin Khashru told the court that the HC had granted his client bail for health reasons.
There is no scope for staying that order, he argued.
However, Khurshid told the court that the grounds on which the HC granted bail were not acceptable as there are specific allegations of money laundering against the former army chief.
The ACC had filed two cases with Kalabagan Police Station on July 31 against the group's 22 top officials for laundering Tk 3,285.26 crore.
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