Dhaka, Nov. 28 -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to MA Kashem, a member of the North South University Board of Trustees, in a case filed on charge of misappropriating Tk 3.03 billion while purchasing land for the institution.

A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order after hearing a leave to appeal petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking a stay on the HC verdict.

Now there is no legal bar on MA Kashem's release from jail following the SC order, said his lawyer Sayeed Ahmed Raza.

Earlier on November 13, the Chamber Judge of the SC upheld another portion of the HC verdict that granted ...