Staff Correspondent, Dhaka
The High Court has acquitted Aman Ullah Aman, an adviser to the BNP chairperson), from a seven-year jail term handed down by a lower court in a case over alleged extortion.
A High Court bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain delivered the verdict on Thursday.
Senior advocates Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Nazmul Huda argued on behalf of Aman, with legal assistance from Tariq Bhuiyan.
The case dates back to March 6, 2007, when a complaint was filed at South Keraniganj police station by Rafiqul Alam, a resident of Purba Aganagar, accusing Aman of extortion.
The allegations are related to an incident on June 26, 2004, where Aman was accused of collecting Tk5 lakh in two instalments in 2005.
Aman was shown arrested in the case on March 7, 2007, and the trial court sentenced him on May 8, 2008 to seven years of rigorous imprisonment along with a Tk1 lakh fine.
After the conviction, Aman appealed to the High Court in 2008, challenging the verdict.
