The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed an appeal seeking harsher punishment of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case in which she was earlier sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan said they filed the appeal with the office concerned of the High Court on Sunday morning.
“We have completed the affidavit of the appeal seeking harsher punishment for Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case," he said.
Khan said they will take steps to have the petition place before the High Court for holding hearing on Wednesday.
Earlier on March 19, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court stayed Khaleda’s bail till May 8, allowing the state and the ACC to petition against the HC order that granted her bail, fixing May 8 for next hearing, reports UNB.
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.
