The state on Wednesday filed an appeal against the High Court verdict that had acquitted all accused, including BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar in the 21st August grenade attack case.
Mohammad Abdul Jabbar Bhuiya, additional attorney general, filed the appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, said the Attorney General's office.
On January 12, the High Court acquitted Tarique Rahman, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, and Lutfozzaman Babar, who had been sentenced to death, along with other accused in the case.
The HC bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain delivered the judgment.
The grenade attack was carried out on August 21, 2004.
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