Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- On Sunday, a four-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain rebuffed the anti-graft agency's appeal against the High Court order.

Lawyers Monsurul Hoque Chowdhury and Shah Manzurul Haque represented Latif in court while Khurshid Alam Khan appeared on behalf of the ACC.

"The Appellate Division dismissed the appeal filed by the ACC considering Latif's age and health. Therefore, the bail granted by the High Court is valid; there's no legal barrier to his release," Monsurul told bdnews24.com.

A High Court bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque granted six months' bail to Latif Siddique on Nov 4.

The ACC moved the Chamber Court for a stay order against the HC order ...