Manju secures bail in final case
- By Super Admin
- Published Thursday 28th 2009
Former communications minister and a Jatiya Party faction chairman
Anwar Hossain Manju on Thursday secured bail from the High Court in a
bribery case, the last of cases.
He had been sentenced to seven years in jail in the case.
The bench of Justice M A Wahhab Mia and Justice Marziul Haque granted him bail order on his appeal.
Manju's lawyer Ahsanul Karim said with the bail there remained no legal bar to the former minister stepping out of jail after he had secured bail in other cases.
Earlier on May 6, Manju surrendered before the trial court, which sent him to jail.
The case was filed against Manju with Shahbagh Police Station on charge of taking Tk 77 lakh as bribe
on July 25, 2007.
In the case, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison on June 10, 2008. Another case was filed against him with Dhanmondi Police Station on the allegation of taking Tk 1 crore in bribe on July 25, 2007.
In the case he was sentenced to a further 7 years in jail on May 28, 2008.
At the directive of the High Court, on May 7 he surrendered to the trial court which ordered him into jail
On Aug 26 last year, Dhaka special judge's court sentenced Manju to 13 years in jail, Tk 10 lakh in fines and another year in prison for non-payment.
Anticorruption Commission assistant director Sheikh Fayez Alam filed the case against Manju and his wife Tasmima Hossain on Oct 7, 2007 with Dhanmandi Police Station.
Source: bdnews24
He had been sentenced to seven years in jail in the case.
The bench of Justice M A Wahhab Mia and Justice Marziul Haque granted him bail order on his appeal.
Manju's lawyer Ahsanul Karim said with the bail there remained no legal bar to the former minister stepping out of jail after he had secured bail in other cases.
Earlier on May 6, Manju surrendered before the trial court, which sent him to jail.
The case was filed against Manju with Shahbagh Police Station on charge of taking Tk 77 lakh as bribe
In the case, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison on June 10, 2008. Another case was filed against him with Dhanmondi Police Station on the allegation of taking Tk 1 crore in bribe on July 25, 2007.
In the case he was sentenced to a further 7 years in jail on May 28, 2008.
At the directive of the High Court, on May 7 he surrendered to the trial court which ordered him into jail
On Aug 26 last year, Dhaka special judge's court sentenced Manju to 13 years in jail, Tk 10 lakh in fines and another year in prison for non-payment.
Anticorruption Commission assistant director Sheikh Fayez Alam filed the case against Manju and his wife Tasmima Hossain on Oct 7, 2007 with Dhanmandi Police Station.
Source: bdnews24
