Dhaka, April 27 -- The appeal hearing on journalist Shafik Rehman's seven-year jail sentence in a case over an alleged plot to abduct and kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has been completed.

Shafik's lawyer described the case as "harassment" and urged the court to acquit him. The prosecution said it had "no objection" to Shafik's acquittal.

Dhaka Additional Sessions Court Judge Tariq Ejaz said the date for the verdict would be announced later.

Lawyer Syed Zainul Abedin Mezbah argued on behalf of Shafik during the hearing.

"This so-called case is over a plot to abduct and kill Hasina's son Joy. The victim did not file the case himself. Police filed it on their own initiative. The defendant is a 90-...