Dhaka, May 26 -- The High Court on Tuesday fixed May 28 for delivering its judgment in the appeal petition filed by Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, challenging her three-year jail sentence in a graft case.

The bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman fixed the date after hearing the petition.

Advocate Asif Hasan stood for the Anti-Corruption Commission while Advocate SM Shahjahan, Advocate Kaisar Kamal and Advocate Zakir Bhuiya represented the petitioner.

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On May 14, Zubaida filed the petition with the HC seeking to overturn her sentence. The court accepted the petition for hearing and condoned a 587-day delay in filing the appeal.

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