Dhaka, March 3 -- The Appellate Division on Monday upheld the High Court order that acquitted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia scrapping her seven-year jail term in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.

A three-member tribunal led by Senior Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam passed the order.

Earlier on February 23, the prosecution and the Anti-Corruption Commission submitted separate petitions challenging the acquittal of Khaleda Zia in the case.

Zia Charitable case: SC defers appeal hearing to Monday

Then the court set March 2 for hearing and on Sunday the date was deferred to March 3.

On November 27 last, the High Court acquitted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and two others in the Zia Charitable Trust case.

The HC also scrapped the lower verdict that...