Fodder Scam Case

The RJD has accused the BJP of politically targeting its rivals usuing government agencies

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The Supreme Court on Monday tagged with pending matter a plea of the CBI challenging grant of bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in the Doranda Treasury case of Jharkhand wherein he was sentenced to five years in prison. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi said it is not issuing notice but tagging the matter with the pending similar appeal also filed by the CBI. Additional Solicitor General S V Raju and advocate Rajat Nair sought the issuance of notice in the matter but the bench said it will hear the matter together and was not inclined to issue notice. The CBI has challenged the Jharkhand High Court's April 22, 2022 order granting bail to Yadav in the case. Seventy-four-year-old Yadav is currently out on bail due to ill health after his conviction in various fodder scam cases. The former Bihar chief minister was sentenced to five years in prison and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court in Ranchi in connection with the

Land for jobs case: The examination of the Yadav comes a day after his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi was quizzed at her Patna residence by the agency for nearly five hours

73-year-old Prasad is in custody following his conviction and sentence by a CBI court in February in a fodder scam case involving embezzlement of over Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury

The RJD supremo had earlier been sentenced to 14 years in prison and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh in 4 other cases related to Dumka, Deoghar and Chaibasa treasuries and was in jail since Dec 2017

Kumar chuckled at allegations of political vendetta leveled against his ally BJP by supporters of his arch rival Lalu Prasad who has been awarded another prison sentence in another fodder scam case

Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad on Tuesday appeared before a special CBI court in Patna in connection with yet another case relating to relating to the fodder scam.

Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad on Tuesday appeared before a special CBI court here in connection with a case relating to the fodder scam. Special CBI judge Prajesh Kumar, who had last week ordered the former Bihar chief minister to appear in person, fixed November 30 as the next date of hearing. On the next date, the court will examine the witnesses who number about 200. On that date, Lalu ji has not been asked to appear. However, he will appear whenever the court asks him to do so, Prasad's counsel Sudhir Sinha told reporters. Prasad was summoned here in connection with alleged fraudulent withdrawal of about Rs 1 crore from the treasury in Banka district. He has been convicted in similar cases pertaining to a number of other districts of Jharkhand, which were part of undivided Bihar when he ruled the state in the 1990s. Currently out on bail, the RJD supremo has been staying in Delhi with his eldest daughter Misa, where he has been under strict medical supervision. T

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday rejected Lalu Prasad's bail application in a fodder scam case, dashing the RJD president's chance of immediate release from jail.

The Jharkhand High Court Friday rejected Lalu Prasad's bail application in a fodder scam case

The probe agency contended that the special CBI court did not focus properly on the evidence even though it was adequate

The fodder scam came to light in 1996 after an FIR was lodged against then Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad

The judge said all the scam cases seemed to be done in his knowledge

Mahto and Yadav, who were reportedly charged with minor offences, were claimed to be serving Prasad as helper and cook

Rs 900 crore from the Bihar exchequer were siphoned off under the pretext of purchasing fodder for livestock, during '80s and '90s by Lalu Yadav

Lalu Prasad has appealed to his supporters in Bihar to maintain peace and order irrespective of the verdict

Tejashwi accused the BJP of practising vendetta politics and indulging in destroying the entire system

The fodder scam case relates to the alleged fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 95 lakh from the Deoghar treasury

Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra have already been convicted in another fodder scam case and are out on bail