The Appellate Division on Wednesday (Oct 30) upheld a High Court Division order granting six-month interim bail to BNP MP Harunur Rashid in a case filed over abusing duty-free import facilities.

A four-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, passed a ‘no order’ on the petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan said they would file a regular leave-to-appeal petition after receiving the verdict copy.

On Tuesday (Oct 29), ACC filed the petition seeking a stay on Monday’s High Court order granting interim bail to Harun and staying the subordinate court’s Tk 5 million fine.

On Oct 21, a Dhaka special judge’s court found him guilty in a 2007 case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on charges evading taxes by abusing the MPs’ duty-free car import facilities.

On Monday (Oct 28), the BNP leader filed a petition challenging the verdict.