The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will give order on Monday on two leave to appeal petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the High Court verdict that extended her five-year jail term in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam on Sunday morning set the date after holding hearing on the two separate pleas filed by the BNP chief. Senior advocates Zainul Abedin and AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Barrister Kayser Kamal, Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal, Advocate Gazi Qamrul Islam Sazal and Jakir Hossain Bhuiyan stood for Khaleda Zia, while Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman and Advocate Asif Hasan represented the state and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) respectively during the hearing. Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon told newsmen that the prosecution could not able to show any documents, suggesting Begum Khaleda Zia approved any note, or signed any cheques; they could not show any signature of Begum Khaleda Zia on any government documents. Another defence counsel Barrister Kayser Kamal said that the infamous case was filed with a political scheme. The lower court concerned in February 2018, gave the judgment illegally. The High Court after that being politically biased, gave a judgment illegally, enhanced Begum Khaleda Zia's five-year jail term to 10 years after holding a one-sided hearing. He said the ACC counsel after reading out the FIR said a single penny wasn't embezzled from this case, that fund of Tk 2.33 crore. The whole fund is in the bank, he added. 

 Khaleda, also former prime minister, filed the leave to appeal petitions with the Appellate Division on March 14, 2019 through his lawyer challenging the HC verdict. In the petitions, she prayed to the apex court to scrap her 10-year sentence. Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 on February 8, 2018, convicted former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and sentenced her to five years' imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. It also sentenced five others, including her son and BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman to 10 years' imprisonment each. Subsequently, a petition was filed by the ACC, following which the HC on October 30 increased the punishment to 10 years' imprisonment. On November 3, the HC allowed Khaleda to prepare paper books for hearing her another appeal against a lower court judgement that convicted and sentenced her to seven years' imprisonment in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.