Dhaka: The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court order that granted a six-month bail to Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi in a case filed for concealing information about his wealth.

The SC bench of Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, the chamber judge of the Appellate Division, passed the order after hearing on a petition filed by Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).

Earlier on November 2, a court here sentenced Bodi, an MP from Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency, to three years’ in jail in the case.

The court also fined him Tk 10 lakh, and he will have to suffer in jail for another six months in case of failure to pay the fine.

It also acquitted Bodi in the case filed for accumulating wealth beyond his known sources of income.

Soon after the verdict, Bodi was sent to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on that day ( Nov 2).

Meanwhile, the High Court on Wednesday granted him a six-month bail in the case following an appeal filed by him.

Later, the ACC filed the petition with Chamber Judge of the Supreme court against the HC order.

According to the case statement, Bodi concealed information about his wealth worth more than Tk 108.6 million amassed from unknown sources.

The case statement also shows that Bodi owned property worth Tk 4.979 million in 2008. In an income statement sent to ACC in 2013, he stated that he owned assets of Tk 160.7 million.

On 7 May last year, the ACC submitted chargesheet in the case.