Land for job scam: Delhi Court grants bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, daughter

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Union Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti in land for job scam case [CBI v Lalu Prasad Yadav and Ors]..Special Judge Geetanjali Goel granted bail to accused persons with a direction to furnish personal bail bond of ₹50,000 with one surety each."As the charge-sheet has been filed without arrest of the accused persons except accused Dharmendra Kumar (A-8), who is already on bail, accused Lalu Prasad Yadav (A-1), Rabri Devi (A-2), Misha Bharti (A-3), Raj Kumar Singh (A-4), Mithlesh Kumar (A-5), Ajay Kumar (A-6), Sanjay Kumar (A-7), Vikas Kumar (A-9), Abhishek Kumar (A-10), Kiran Devi (A-12), Akhileshwar Singh (A-13), Ramashish Singh (A-14), Kamal Deep Main Rai (A-15) and Sowmya Raghavan (A-16) are admitted to bail on furnishing personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- each with surety of like amount," the Court directed. The Court further directed that the accused persons shall not tamper with the evidence or try to influence the witnesses.The judge also ordered them to deposit their passports and said that they shall not travel abroad without the permission of the Court.All accused persons appeared today before the Court after they were summoned on February 27 on observation that a prima facie case was made out for the offences under Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act..The case pertains to alleged appointments made in the Railways in exchange for land transferred to Lalu Prasad's family when he was the Union Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has claimed that the appointments made in the railways were not in consonance with the standards and guidelines established by the Indian Railways for hiring..Later, charge-sheet was filed by CBI on October 10, 2022, against 16 people including Prasad's wife Rabri Devi and their daughter.Special Public Prosecutor DP Singh along with advocates Manu Mishra and Shreya Dutt appeared for CBI.Senior Advocate Maninder Singh along with Adovcates Varun Jain, Navin Kumar, Akhilesh Singh, Aekta Vats, Sumit Singh, Vanika Gupta, Radhika Goel and Abhimanyu Yadav appeared for accused persons..[Read Order]