HC acquits Giasuddin Al Mamun in arms case

The High Court (HC) on Monday (January 20) acquitted businessman Giasuddin Al-Mamun of all the charges in an arms case in which he was convicted and sentenced to 10-year imprisonment by the lower court concerned.

A High Court division bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasreen Akter pronounced the judgment, allowing an appeal filed by Mamun.

Senior Advocate Mohammad Sayeed Ahmed and Advocate Sabbir Hamza Chowdhury moved the appeal before the court while Deputy Attorney General Sultana Akter Rubi stood for the state.

Police filed the case with the capital's Cantonment Police Station on March 26, 2007. Dhaka Metropolitan Special Tribunal-2 convicted Mamun on July 3, 2007, sentencing him to 10-year in jail.

Giasuddin Al-Mamun filed the appeal against his conviction in the same year.