Jharkhand HC Grants Bail To RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav In Fodder Scam Case

Mumbai: Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in the ₹139.35-crore Doranda Treasury case, the fifth case against him in connection with the fodder scam.

A special CBI court in Ranchi had in February convicted RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad of fraudulent withdrawal from the Doranda treasury in the fifth fodder scam case.

“The court has accepted our petition for suspension of the sentence as well and has granted bail. We had pleaded that he has served half of his five-year sentence in this case. Against the sentence of 30 months, our client has already served 42 months in jail in this case. Though the CBI opposed the bail petition, the court has granted bail,” said Prabhat Kumar, the counsel of Lalu Prasad.

“He will be released soon. He will have to deposit Rs 1 lakh surety amount and Rs 10 lakh as fine,” his lawyer said.

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Lalu Prasad, who had already been convicted in four other fodder scam cases, was also accused in the fifth and final case.

Fodder scam of Rs 950 crore is involved in fraudulent withdrawal of public money from the government treasury in various districts of undivided Bihar. Lalu Prasad, who was sentenced to 14 years in jail and fined a total of Rs 60 lakh, has secured bail in four cases involving the Dumka, Deoghar and Chaibasa treasuries.

The fodder scam came to the fore in January 1996 after raids in the Animal Husbandry Department. In June 1997, the CBI named Prasad as an accused. The agency framed charges against Prasad and former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra.

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