An Egyptian court ordered the release of toppled President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday on charges of illicit gains, but a prosecutor appealed the order. 

Mubarak will remain in custody pending investigations on other corruption charges. 

The prosecutor said that the ousted president failed to pay off his debts. 

A criminal court adjourned the former president's retrial last week in the case of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising that ousted him.