Judge Mohammad Mozammel Hossain of the Special Judge's Court-3 passed the order as 'Tarique did not appear before the court for a single day in the case'.
The court further said if Tarique, elder son of BNP Chairperson
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, fails to appear before it on the scheduled day, charge will be framed against him in his absence.
Meanwhile,
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the court adjourned the hearing on charge framing against Tarique's business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun, another accused in the case, till August 8 following a time petition.
Mamun's lawyer placed the petition on the ground that a writ petition have been submitted with the High Court on behalf of Tarique seeking to quash the case but hearing on the petition remains pending.
Tarique's lawyer also submitted a petition seeking adjournment of the hearing on the ground that the Supreme Court has rejected a review petition submitted on behalf of Tarique.
The lawyer, however, did not receive the certified copy of the judgement and so prayed for the adjournment of the hearing.
Prosecution lawyer Anisul Huq told the court that there is no ground for seeking adjournment of the hearing against Tarique.
Since Mamun's lawyer could not get any stay order from the higher court, there was no legal bar to frame charges against him, he said.
The judge, however, did not pass any order on the petition filed on behalf of Tarique on Monday.
Mamun was present during the hearing while Tarique had gone abroad earlier for medical treatment.
Previously on May 5, the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court took into cognisance the charges against Tarique and Mamun and transferred the money laundering case to the Special Judge's Court-3 for its quick disposal.
According to the Supreme Court's (SC) verdict on February 9 this year, proceedings of the case against Tarique cannot run under the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2009 as the alleged offence took place before its enactment.
However,
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the trial can proceed under the 2002 act, the SC added.
On July 6 last year, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) pressed charges against the duo for laundering Tk 20.41 crore between 2003 and 2007.