Lalu Pasad Yadav was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for five years and pay a fine of Rs 60 lakh in Doranda treasury case. This was Lalu's fifth conviction in a series of fodder scam cases.
The High Court on April 17, 2021, had granted bail to Prasad in the Dumka treasury case of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam on completion of half the sentence period, paving way for his release from jail.
Lalu Prasad Yadav was brought back to the emergency department of AIIMS Delhi around 12.30 pm. He was discharged earlier this morning.
A medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi has referred Lalu to AIIMS New Delhi.
In jail since December 2017, Prasad served most of his sentence period at the RIMS. He was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in January last year after his health condition deteriorated.
Urging his party cadre not to lose heart, Tejashwi Yadav said, "the order passed today is not a finality. We will seek justice before the High Court of Jharkhand. If need be, we will move the Supreme Court".
Of the original 170 accused in the case, 55 have died, seven have become government witnesses, two have accepted the charges against them and six are absconding.
The fodder scam pertains to the fraudulent withdrawal of government money allocated to the Animal Husbandry Department of various districts in undivided Bihar.
The bail was allowed to Prasad by Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh. The court directed him neither to leave the country without permission nor change his address and mobile number during the bail period.
Jharkhand High Court grants bail to RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav in Fodder scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal from Dumka Treasury
The Jharkhand High court has asked Lalu to file a fresh petition after two months.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son and party MLA Tej Pratap Yadav on Thursday sent 50,000 postcard letter to President Ram Nath Kovind requesting him to release the former Bihar Chief Minister from jail on humanitarian grounds.
Lalu Prasad Yadav was rushed to AIIMS in Delhi following deterioration in health. Lalu, 72, was undergoing treatment at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi.
Tejashwi said the entire family is concerned about his father's health. The RJD leader said that Lalu has been experiencing difficulty in breathing and had undergone CT scan.
Lalu Prasad Yadav is currently in judicial custody in the Dumka Treasury case. He has secured bail in other cases related to the fodder scam.
Lalu, who has been convicted in multiple fodder scam cases, has been undergoing treatment at RIIMS for several ailments.
The video shows Lalu, dressed in a blue t-shirt and dhoti, strolling in the corridor of the bungalow. " Press ka hai...mat dena (He is from the press...don't release the video)," Lalu is heard saying in the short clip accessed by IndiaTV.
Lalu Prasad Yadav, the former Bihar CM, was granted bail by the Jharkhand High Court last month in a fodder scam case related to the Chaibasa treasury.
The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case related to Chaibasa treasury, observing that he has served half of the five-year sentence awarded to him. The case pertains to fraudulent withdrawal amounting to Rs 33.67 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in undivided Bihar, when Lalu was the CM.
When the Jharkhand High Court gave the verdict in favour of Lalu Prasad, ruling that there was no need for a trial in the other cases related to the fodder scam, the CBI went to the SC challenging the decision. After that Lalu Prasad approached Jaitely to help him," Sushil Modi told the media on the eve of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in which five constituencies in Bihar go to the polls
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