Dhaka: The High Court (HC) today granted bail to Bidisha Siddique, who was sentenced to imprisonment in a case filed over an allegation of fraud involving the sale of a flat. The High Court Division bench comprising Justice Md Khairul Alam and Justice Md Rafizul Islam passed the bail order.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, following the order, there is no legal bar to Bidisha's release, her lawyer confirmed. Lawyers Fazlur Rahman Khan and Masud Mia represented Bidisha during the hearing.
On May 20, a Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court sentenced Bidisha to two years of rigorous imprisonment in the case involving an alleged fraudulent sale of a flat in the Baridhara area of Gulshan. The court also fined her Taka 10,000, in default, to suffer one month more in jail. As Bidisha was absent in the court on the day of the verdict, the court issued a warrant for her arrest to enforce the sentence.
Based on the warrant, she was arrested on August 25. The following day, a Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court headed by Magistrate Aminul Islam Junayed rejected her bail petition and ordered her to be sent to jail. Businessman Mosharraf Hossain filed the case against Bidisha on February 7, 2008. Bidisha is the former wife of the late HM Ershad, former president of Bangladesh and founding chairman of the Jatiya Party (JP).