Appeal to High Court against verdict to quash four cases of Tarique Rahman

  • Staff Correspondent, Barta24.com, Dhaka
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The state has filed a leave to appeal against the verdict to quash four cases of extortion filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman.

The state's application has been included in the agenda of the Appellate Division for hearing on Sunday (January 5).

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A four-judge bench of the Appellate Division headed by Senior Justice Md. Ashfaqul Islam will hear these applications.

In the application, the state said that the verdict given by the High Court to quash the cases was not correct.

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On October 23, a double High Court bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain dismissed the four cases filed against Tarique Rahman.

Incidentally, in 2007, various individuals filed these cases against Tarique Rahman at Gulshan, Kafrul, Shahbagh and Dhanmondi police stations on charges of extortion. An application was filed in the High Court under Section 561(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, questioning the validity of filing the case.