Fodder Scam Case - Lalu Prasad Yadav Gets 5-Year Jail Term in Third Fodder Scam Case Wednesday Jan 24,2018

Lalu Prasad, Jagannath Misra get 5-year jail term in 3rd fodder scam case

A special CBI court in Ranchi on Wednesday Jan 24,2018 found former chief ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra guilty in a fodder scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal from Chaibasa Treasury in early 90s.

RJD chief Lalu has been sentenced to five years in jail and a fine of Rs 5 lakh was also imposed on him. Jagannath Mishra was also awarded 5 years in jail.

The court of SS Prasad had reserved the verdict after completion of hearing in the case, RC 68A/96 on January 10. In all, 50 people were convicted, while 10 were acquitted

Lalu, Jagannath Mishra and 50 others were accused of using fake bills and vouchers of procuring livestock feed for withdrawing Rs 37 crore from the Treasury.

This is the third fodder scam case in which Lalu Yadav has been convicted. He is presently serving 3.5 years jail imprisonment in Deogarh Treasury case. In 2013, the CBI court had convicted him in a similar case of fraudulent withdrawal from Chaibasa Treasury and sentenced him to five years in prison but he got bail from the Supreme Court later that year.

Lalu's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has reacted saying they would appeal in the High Court. His younger son and leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav said in Patna that the CBI was hell bent to implicate his family but he would appeal in higher judiciary.

"Lalu is a hero and CBI court is not the last court. We will fight the legal battle and at the same time go to the people's court", he said after meeting with Governor Satpal Mallick in Patna

Note

The third fodder scam case, RC 68(A) / 1996, pertains to the fraudulence of Rs 33.67 crore from Chaibasa (now in Jharkhand) district treasury during 1992-93 when Lalu was the chief minister of undivided Bihar.

Lalu Prasad Yadav and former chief minister Jagannath Mishra in the third case of multi-crore fodder scam related to fraudulent withdrawal of money from Chaibasa treasury in 1990s.  The court handed both Lalu and Jagannath a jail term of five years, besides a fine of Rs. five lakh each. A total of 50 accused have been convicted in the case while six have been let off.

 

Sentenced to 3.5 years in jail in second case

After being sentenced to 3.5 years in jail in the second fodder scam case (RC 64(A) / 96) on January 6, 2018 by CBI special judge Shiv Pal Singh, Prasad is lodged in the Birsa Munda Jail in Ranchi. The case pertains to the Deoghar treasury. Prasad has appealed in the Ranchi High Court against the court ruling.

Imprisoned in first case in 2013

Prasad was found guilty in the first fodder scam case on September 30, 2013 and sentenced to five years in jail. This barred him from contesting elections for six years. Later, he got bail from the higher court.