An appeal was filed on Sunday by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking harsher punishment to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case in which she was earlier sentenced to five years of imprisonment, reports UNB.
ACC lawyers submitted the appeal to the office concerned of the High Court in the morning.
“We have completed the affidavit of the appeal seeking harsher punishment for Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case," said Khurshid Alam Khan, one of lawyers for the ACC.
Earlier on March 19, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court stayed BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail till May 8 in the graft case.
The SC also allowed the state and the ACC to file petitions against HC order that granted bail to Khaleda fixing May 8 for next hearing.
It also ordered the ACC and state to submit the concise statement of appeals within two weeks and BNP within four weeks.
On March 12, the High Court granted a four-month interim bail to Khaleda Zia.
On February 8 last, the Dhaka Special Court-5 convicted the BNP chief and sentenced her to five years' imprisonment in the case. She was then sent to old central jail at Nazimuddin Road in the city.
A 632-page summarised version of the verdict was read out by the court on that day and on February 19 the court released the full 1174-page copy of the verdict.
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