SC Grants Bail To Lalu Prasad Yadav in Fodder Scam Case Friday Dec 13,2013

In a relief to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad, the Supreme Court on Friday Dec 13,2013 granted him bail in a fodder scam case

The SC had on November 29,2013 issued notice to the CBI on Lalu's petition for bail. The apex court bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi had issued notice after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani told the court that 44 people were convicted in the case, of whom 37 have already been granted bail and bail applications of six others are under consideration.
Jethmalani had told the court that except for Lalu Prasad, no other convict has been refused bail. He had said that another convict who too has been awarded five years imprisonment has been released on bail.

 

Lalu Prasad was awarded 5 years’ imprisonment by the special Ranchi court for his alleged involvement in the fodder scam

There were 44 accused in the case and 37 of them have already been granted bail and bail application of six others is under consideration of the trial court

The SC Bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi, while granting bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav, noted that similarly situated other accused too have already been granted bail.

The SC noted that out of five years’ jail awarded to Lalu, he has already undergone one year of the sentence in two phases, which included incarceration for 10 months during the course of trial and another two months since he was convicted and sentenced to jail.