HC cancels four pending cases against Jagannath Mishra

On the ground that a person convicted in one case could not be tried in similar cases based on same witnesses and evidences

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Press Trust of India Ranchi
Last Updated : Jul 21 2014 | 5:35 PM IST
The Jharkhand High Court today quashed the four pending fodder scam cases against former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra on the ground that a person convicted in one case could not be tried in similar cases based on same witnesses and evidences.

The court of R R Prasad, which had reserved the judgement after the conclusion of hearing last month, pronounced the verdict nearly 10 months after Mishra was convicted by a lower court in one of the five fodder cases lodged against him.

On September 3, 2013, Mishra, along with another ex-Bihar CM Lalu Prasad, and others were convicted by a special CBI court in the RC20A/96 case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore from Chaibasa Treasury.

He was sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment on October 3.
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First Published: Jul 21 2014 | 5:18 PM IST

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