Corruption Case

HC scraps 13-yr jail sentence against Maya

27 October 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

The High Court (HC) yesterday scrapped the 13-year jail sentence against former Awami League state minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The ACC filed the case against Maya with Sutrapur Police Station on June 13 in 2007 on charge of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 29 lakh and concealing information about it. A special court on February 14, 2008 sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment in the case. Maya filed an appeal with the HC challenging the special court's verdict on May 25, 2009. After hearing the appeal, an HC bench of Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore yesterday acquitted Maya of the corruption charges and cancelled his conviction.