Desk report: The High Court yesterday denied bail to Hallmark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in a corruption case filed against her for allegedly misappropriating Tk 85.87 crore from Janata Bank.
The court, however, directed the jail authorities 8More on Page 7, Col
(From Page 8) to immediately take necessary steps for proper treatment of Jasmine in jail.
Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice K M Hafizul Alam passed the order after hearing a rule issued earlier over granting bail to Jasmine, who is now in Kashimpur Jail.
The HC passed the order as the Kashimpur Jail authorities today submitted a medical report before the court, saying that Jasmine Islam is suffering from some health complications including hypertension and urinary problems, Anti-Corruption Commission’s lawyer Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star.
The ACC filed the case with Motijheel Police Station on November 1, 2016 against Jasmine and 15 others on charge of misappropriating Tk 85.87 crore of Janata Bank.
Following a bail petition filed by Jasmine, the HC on November 5 last year issued a rule asking the ACC and the government to explain why she should not be granted bail in this case.
Jasmine, wife of Hallmark Group Managing Director Tanvir Mahmud, is also charge-sheeted in all 11 cases lodged by the ACC on October 4, 2012 on charges of misappropriating over Tk 1,568 crore.
On July 17 this year, the HC directed the jail authorities to submit a report on the health condition of Jasmine Islam to this court as her lawyer Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru told the court that his client is sick and physically very weak and he prayed to the court to grant her bail in the case.
Earlier on July 11 this year, a Dhaka court sentenced Jasmine to three years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over her failure to submit wealth statement to the ACC within the given time.
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