Dhaka, May 30 (bdnews24.com) – The High Court has begun delivering its verdict on a petition to quash a corruption case against prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
The case is regarding appointment of a consultant to the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority.
The bench of justices Md Shamsul Huda and Abu Bakar Siddique started delivering the verdict shortly after midday on Sunday.
The bench ended hearing the petition on May 25.
Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh argued for Hasina.
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case against Sheikh Hasina, former foreign affairs state minister Abul Hassan Chowdhury and three others on Dec 11, 2001.
The ACC claimed that this specific instance of corruption cost the state over Tk 1 million.
Charges were framed in June 2002.
Hasina on Dec 14, 2002 filed the petition with the High Court to quash the case.
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