Case against Huda couple quashed
The High Court yesterday acquitted former BNP minister Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda in a bribery case in which they were convicted and sentenced to different terms of imprisonment.
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case against them with Dhanmondi Police Station on March 21, 2007 on charge of taking Tk 2.40 crore from a businessman in favour of their weekly newspaper Khoborer Ontorale.
A special court on August 27 in 2007 convicted them and sentenced Nazmul Huda to seven years imprisonment and his wife to three years of imprisonment.
The HC bench of Justice Siddiqur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan yesterday delivered the verdict after granting two separate appeals filed by Huda and his wife against the trial court judgment.
Earlier, the couple got bail from the HC in the cases.
Barrister Nazmul Huda and Advocate Sigma Huda argued for themselves, while Advocate Khusrhid Alam Khan appeared for ACC.
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