The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court verdict that cleared BNP leader Mosaddek Ali Falu from trial proceedings of a relief scam case filed during the regime of army-backed caretaker government in 2007.

A full bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain dismissed an appeal filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) challenging the HC verdict.

Senior lawyer Khandker Mahbub Hossain appeared for Falu while lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan represented the ACC during the virtual hearing on the appeal.

The ACC filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station against Falu and few others on charge of misappropriating government's relief materials in 2007.

Later, a Dhaka court framed charges against Falu and others in the case.

Following a petition filed by Falu challenging the trial proceedings of the case, the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim on March 7, 2018 quashed the trial proceedings of the relief scam case.

Later on, ACC filed the appeal with the SC challenging the HC verdict.