The High Court has granted bail to Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, in a graft case in which she was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by a lower court in 2023.
The HC bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman passed the order after accepting an appeal filed by Zubaida challenging the trial court verdict for its hearing.
On Tuesday, the HC bench condoned Zubaida 587 days' delay for filing the appeal against the trial court verdict in the case.
Zubaida's lawyers filed the appeal the same day, with the HC on behalf of her, who returned to Bangladesh on May 6 after 17 years from London.
On August 2, 2023, a Dhaka court sentenced Tarique to nine years' imprisonment and his wife Zubaida to three years jail sentence in the corruption case.