Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to former minister Barrister Nazmul Huda in a graft case.

A four member bench led by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order accepting his leave-to-appeal petition.

On November 8 last year, the High Court commuted former Communications Minister Nazmul Huda's seven years' imprisonment to four years in the graft case and ordered him to surrender before the court.

He surrendered before the court on January 6 and the court sent him jail.

Later, he filed a leave-to appeal petition and another petition seeking bail.

Lawyers A F Hasan Arif, Monsurul Haque Chowdhury and advocate Sigma Huda stood for Nazmul Huda and Khushid Alam Khan for the Anti-C...