The Jharkhand High Court today granted former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav bail in one of the fodder scam cases he has been convicted in..The order was passed by a Bench of Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh. The Court has granted bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav subject to the deposit of two sureties of Rs. 50,000 each..A host of Senior Advocates, including Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, and Chittranjan Sinha had appeared for Prasad before the High Court at a various stages of the case..In December 2017, Lalu Prasad Yadav was sentenced to a total imprisonment of seven years after being convicted for offences under Section 120B read with Section 420,467,468,471,477(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(i)(c)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act..A Special CBI Court in Ranchi pronounced its verdict in the case, which involved the embezzlement of Rs. 89 lakh from the Deoghar Treasury between 1991 and 1994. Prasad was Chief Minister of Bihar when the scam took place..He had also approached the Jharkhand High Court seeking provisional bail on account of ill health. On May 11 last year, the High Court had granted him provisional bail for a period of six weeks. The same was eventually extended to August 27..However, on August 24, Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh refused to extend the bail any longer, directing Yadav to surrender to the authorities by August 30..Following his conviction, Prasad approached the Jharkhand High Court several times seeking a suspension of the sentence. The Court had rejected this prayer in February 2018 and in January this year. After the January order, Yadav had approached the Supreme Court in appeal. However, the Apex Court turned the bail plea down..In March 2018, Yadav was sentenced to a total of fourteen years’ imprisonment by a Special Central Burea of Investigation (CBI) Court in another case related to the fodder scam.
The Jharkhand High Court today granted former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav bail in one of the fodder scam cases he has been convicted in..The order was passed by a Bench of Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh. The Court has granted bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav subject to the deposit of two sureties of Rs. 50,000 each..A host of Senior Advocates, including Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, and Chittranjan Sinha had appeared for Prasad before the High Court at a various stages of the case..In December 2017, Lalu Prasad Yadav was sentenced to a total imprisonment of seven years after being convicted for offences under Section 120B read with Section 420,467,468,471,477(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(i)(c)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act..A Special CBI Court in Ranchi pronounced its verdict in the case, which involved the embezzlement of Rs. 89 lakh from the Deoghar Treasury between 1991 and 1994. Prasad was Chief Minister of Bihar when the scam took place..He had also approached the Jharkhand High Court seeking provisional bail on account of ill health. On May 11 last year, the High Court had granted him provisional bail for a period of six weeks. The same was eventually extended to August 27..However, on August 24, Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh refused to extend the bail any longer, directing Yadav to surrender to the authorities by August 30..Following his conviction, Prasad approached the Jharkhand High Court several times seeking a suspension of the sentence. The Court had rejected this prayer in February 2018 and in January this year. After the January order, Yadav had approached the Supreme Court in appeal. However, the Apex Court turned the bail plea down..In March 2018, Yadav was sentenced to a total of fourteen years’ imprisonment by a Special Central Burea of Investigation (CBI) Court in another case related to the fodder scam.
