The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to former Union Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in the ₹139 crore Doranda Treasury case, one of the fodder scam cases in which he was convicted..Bail was granted by Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, who also suspended the five-year sentence given to Yadav in the case..In February, a Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court in Ranchi convicted the former Bihar Chief Minister in the Doranda treasury scam case. He was sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of ₹60 lakh..The ₹950 crore fodder scam had occurred when Yadav was Chief Minister of Bihar between 1991 and 1996. He has already been convicted in four other fodder scam cases for illegal withdrawals of ₹37.7 crore and ₹ 33.13 crore from the Chaibasa treasury, ₹89.27 crore from the Deoghar treasury, and ₹3.76 crore from the Dumka treasury..Yadav has now been granted bail in all of the five fodder scam cases in which he was convicted. He secured bail in the Chaibasa Treasury Scam cases in October 2020, and in the Deoghar Treasury Scam case in February 2020. In April 2021, he was granted bail in the Dumka Treasury case.
The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to former Union Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in the ₹139 crore Doranda Treasury case, one of the fodder scam cases in which he was convicted..Bail was granted by Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, who also suspended the five-year sentence given to Yadav in the case..In February, a Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court in Ranchi convicted the former Bihar Chief Minister in the Doranda treasury scam case. He was sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of ₹60 lakh..The ₹950 crore fodder scam had occurred when Yadav was Chief Minister of Bihar between 1991 and 1996. He has already been convicted in four other fodder scam cases for illegal withdrawals of ₹37.7 crore and ₹ 33.13 crore from the Chaibasa treasury, ₹89.27 crore from the Deoghar treasury, and ₹3.76 crore from the Dumka treasury..Yadav has now been granted bail in all of the five fodder scam cases in which he was convicted. He secured bail in the Chaibasa Treasury Scam cases in October 2020, and in the Deoghar Treasury Scam case in February 2020. In April 2021, he was granted bail in the Dumka Treasury case.