DHAKA, MAY 10, 2022 (BSS) - The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed an
appeal against a High Court judgement that acquitted Haji Md Selim, MP, from
a three-year sentence in a case against him for concealing of wealth acquired
illegally.

"The High Court acquitted him from the three-year sentence. We have made an
appeal against the judgement," ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told BSS.

On March 9, a High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Moinul Islam
Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq passed the judgement to uphold the
jail-term and fined Taka 10 lakh to the lawmaker.
 
The High Court, however, acquitted him of the charge of concealing
information in his wealth statement, for which Selim was sentenced to three-
year imprisonment.
 
The court in its judgement had asked the accused to surrender before the
lower court concerned within 30 days of receiving the copy of the judgement.

The trial court on April 27, 2008, convicted Haji Salim and sentenced him to
total 13 years' imprisonment under two sections in the case, which was filed
by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on October 24, 2007.
 
The accused appealed against the judgement with the High Court on October 25,
2009. The High Court on January 2, 2011, acquitted him of the corruption
case, making the anti-graft body to appeal against the High Court verdict.
 
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on January 12, 2015, scrapped the
High Court verdict and ordered to hold the hearing afresh.