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Hasina petitions for quashing power plant case

Staff Correspondent
Detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday filed a petition with the High Court (HC) for quashing the trial proceedings of barge-mount power plant corruption case against her.
The former prime minister in her petition also appealed for bail in the case.
Trial ofthe case filed by the AntiCorruption Commission (ACC) is going on in the Special Judge's Court-1 on the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban premises.
Meanwhile, the High Court (HC) yesterday directed a special court to dispose of the petition filed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman for discharging him from aTk21 crore bribery case.
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Hasina's counsel barrister Shafique Ahmed yesterday told The Daily Star that an HC bench comprising Justice Khademul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Mashuque Hosain Ahmed might hear the case today.
The AL chief stated in her application that the case against her concerned what took place 10 years ago, and she was not at all involved in any corruption.
The case is baseless, fabricated, and malafide, and it is intended to harass her politically, she said.
The petition also stated the HC can grant her bail in this case as per a recent judgment of the Supreme Court
Banister Fazle Noor Taposh filed the petition on behalf ofHasina.
Earlier on Sunday, the HC rejected a writ petition filed by her challenging legality of continuation of trial proceedings of this case against her.
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The HC yesterday directed a special court to dispose of the discharge petition Tarique filed with it recently.
The case that concerned the murder of Bashundhara Group director Humayun Kabir Sabbir is now pending for charge framing in the Special Court of Judge Shahed Noor Uddin on the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban premises.
On May 25 this year, Tarique also filed a petition with the HC for quashing the proceedings against him in the case.
Taking up the quashment petition, an HC bench comprising Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader and Justice Md Emdadul Haque Azad yesterday asked the special court to dispose of his (Tarique) discharge petition in accordance with law.
The HC bench also adjourned hearing of the quashment petition until disposal of the discharge petition by the special court.
In October last year, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the bribery case with Ramna Police Station, accusing eight people. The ACC on May 6 pressed charges against Tarique, former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and six others in the case.