Hasina was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, Rehana to seven years and Tulip to two years' in prison.

The 14 other accused were jailed for five years each in the same case.

All 17 accused, including Hasina, Rehana, and Tulip, were fined Tk 1 lakh each, failing which they will have to serve an additional six months in jail.

While pronouncing the verdict in a packed courtroom, Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Special Judge's Court-4 ordered the authorities concerned to cancel Rehana's plot allocation.

He began delivering the verdicts at 11:30am, amid heightened security in the court area.

With this, Hasina, 78, -- now in India -- was jailed in four graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

The accused who were sentenced to five years' imprisonment include former housing and public works state minister Sharif Ahmed, former secretary Kazi Washi Uddin, former additional secretary Md Oliullah, former administrative officer Saiful Islam Sarkar, and former senior assistant secretary Purabi Goldar.

Rajuk's ex-chairman Anisur Rahman Miah; former members, Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Tanmoy Das, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Shamsuddin Ahmod Chowdhury, and Nurul Islam; former deputy director Nayeb Ali Sharif and former assistant director Mazharul Islam and Prime Minister Office's former secretary Mohammad Salahuddin are accused among others.

Among the accused, Khurshid is now in jail, while the rest remain fugitives.

Thirty-two people testified in the case during the trial, according to the case records.

The Anti-Corruption Commission -- between January 12 to 14 -- filed six separate cases with its Dhaka Integrated District Office-1 over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Purbachal New Town project.

The ACC alleged that Hasina, in collusion with senior Rajuk officials, unlawfully secured six plots. She was accused in all six cases filed in this regard.

On July 31, charges were framed against 29 people, including Hasina, Rehana, Joy, Putul, Bobby, Tulip and Azmina, in their respective cases.

On November 25, the same court set the date for the verdict delivery after concluding the trial in 14 hearings, said Belal Hossain, bench assistant of the court.

Between January 12 to 14 this year, the graft watchdog filed six cases with its Dhaka Integrated District Office-1 over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Purbachal New Town project.

In the cases, the ACC brought charges of criminal misconduct under section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, along with several other charges, including criminal breach of trust and cheating, in the Penal Code.

The anti-graft body alleged that Hasina, in collusion with senior Rajuk officials, unlawfully secured six plots -- each measuring 10 kathas -- in the diplomatic zone of Sector 27 of the Purbachal New Town project for herself, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul; and Rehana, her son Bobby and daughter Azmina despite their ineligibility under existing regulations.

Tulip used her power to get plots for Rehana, Bobby, and Azmina, say ACC officials.

On March 25, the ACC filed six charge sheets with the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in Dhaka where Hasina was named as a common accused in all six cases.

Charges were framed against 29 people on July 31, including Hasina, Rehana, Joy, Putul, Bobby, Tulip and Azmina, in their respective cases.

On November 27, Hasina was sentenced to 21 years' rigorous imprisonment, seven years in each of the three cases filed the over Purbachal plot scam. Joy and Putul were co-accused in separate cases -- one each -- and were given five years' imprisonment.

A special court on November 27 convicted Hasina and her two children on corruption charges, handing them different jail terms in three cases filed over plots in Dhaka's Purbachal.