The Appellate Division suspended the 7-year prison sentence of BNP's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman in a money laundering case.
The Appellate Division, led by the Chief Justice, delivered the order On Tuesday.
Advocate Sheikh Zakir Hossain and Barrister Kaiser Kamal did the hearing of the case in the court.
According to the lawyers, a Dhaka court on November 17, 2013, acquitted Tarique Rahman in a case alleging money laundering in Singapore.
The ACC appealed to the High Court against the trial court's verdict. In 2016, the High Court overturned the judicial court's verdict and sentenced Tarique Rahman to seven years in prison. He was also fined Tk 20 crore. This was Tarique Rahman's first sentence in any case. An appeal was filed against this sentence in the Appellate Division laterly.
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