Fodder rip-off: Lalu Prasad gets bail in Dumka treasury case
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He is presently admitted on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, for medical consideration.
The Jharkhand High Court on Saturday granted bail to imprisoned Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad in the Dumka treasury case associated to the multi-crore fodder rip-off. As Mr. Prasad has been granted bail in the case, it might pave the best way for his exit from jail.
Mr. Prasad is presently admitted on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, for medical consideration.
He was convicted and imprisoned in a number of fodder rip-off circumstances for fraudulently withdrawing cash from totally different districts of Jharkhand in undivided Bihar in the Nineteen Nineties. He was lodged at Birsa Munda Central jail in Ranchi since December 2017.
A Single Bench of justice Aparesh Kumar Singh of the Ranchi High Court granted bail to the RJD chief in Dumka treasury case of fraudulent withdrawal of ₹3.13 crore. Mr. Prasad was awarded 5 years jail time period in the case.
“Lalu Prasad has already served over half of the jail term in this case and the court granted bail to him on this basis,” mentioned Mr. Prasad’s lawyer Prabhat Kumar.
Earlier Mr. Prasad was granted bail in Deoghar and Chaibasa treasury circumstances as he had served half of the jail time period in these circumstances as properly.
Meanwhile, RJD leaders and employees began reaching to 10, Circular Road residence of Rabri Devi, former Chief Minister and spouse of Mr. Prasad.
The occasion employees distributed sweets and shouted slogans of ‘Lalu Prasad zindabad’ exterior the gate.
“Its time for us to celebrate as the bail granted to him was long due and it will pave way for him to come out of the jail,” mentioned senior occasion chief Shivanand Tiwari.
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