Dhaka: The Appellate Division of Supreme Court upheld a High Court order that granted interim bail for three months to suspended mayor of Gazipur City Corporation MA Mannan in a corruption case.

A four-member bench led by Chief Justice S K Sinha passed the order after rejecting a plea filed by Anti Corruption Commission seeking a stay on the order.

Senior Lawyer Khandaker Mahabub Hossain stood for Mannan and ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam for the ACC.

Mannan’s lawyer Mahabub said that now there is no legal bar to his release.

Earlier on August 17, an HC bench of justice M Enayetur Rahim and justice JBM Hassan, granted interim bail for three months to Mannan.

The Court also issued a rule upon the authorities concerned to explain why he would not be given permanent bail.

The suspended Gazipur Mayor was arrested in a corruption case on 19 June last.

A case was filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) with Jaydebpur Police Station on 13 June last for his alleged corruption related to the use of Relief and Poverty fund of the city corporation.

Mannan, also an advisor to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, was suspended two times from the mayoral post of Gazipur City Corporation.