A special CBI court in Ranchi on Wednesday Jan 24,2018 pronounced RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav as guilty in the third case of
multi-crore fodder scam related to fraudulent withdrawal of money from
Chaibasa treasury in 1990s.
The court also convicted former Bihar chief
minister Jagannath Mishra in the case.
The 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.
Lalu Prasad is currently serving time in Birsa Munda jail after having been convicted in two fodder scam cases.
The RJD chief was on December 23,2017 held guilty in the RC 64A/96
pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deoghar
Treasury and was handed 3.5 years imprisonment on January 06,2018 by
special CBI court judge Shiv Pal Singh.
On September 30, 2013, Lalu Prasad Yadav was held guilty in the RC 20A/96 pertaining to illegal withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore and given five-year prison term.
Besides these cases, Lalu Prasad Yadav is also facing charges in the RC 38 A/96 pertaining to alleged illegal withdrawal of Rs 3.97 crore from Dumka Treasury and Rs 184 crore from Doranda Treasury in the early 1990s.
The 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.
Lalu Prasad is currently serving time in Birsa Munda jail after having been convicted in two fodder scam cases.
On September 30, 2013, Lalu Prasad Yadav was held guilty in the RC 20A/96 pertaining to illegal withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore and given five-year prison term.
Besides these cases, Lalu Prasad Yadav is also facing charges in the RC 38 A/96 pertaining to alleged illegal withdrawal of Rs 3.97 crore from Dumka Treasury and Rs 184 crore from Doranda Treasury in the early 1990s.
Timeline of fodder scam
January 1996
The scam surfaces after Deputy Commissioner Amit Khare
raids the offices of the Animal Husbandry Department and seizes
documents that showed siphoning of funds by non-existent companies in
the name of supplying fodder.
March 11, 1996
The Patna High Court directs the CBI to probe the scam.
The Supreme Court upholds the order.
March 27, 1996
The CBI registers an FIR in the Chaibasa Treasury case.
June 23, 1997
The CBI files a charge sheet and makes Mr. Prasad and 55
others as accused in the case. Sixty-three cases were registered under
IPC Sections 420 (forgery) and 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy) and Section
13 (b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
July 30, 1997
Prasad surrenders before a CBI court and sent to
judicial custody.
April 5, 2000
Charges framed before the special CBI court. Rabri Devi's
name included as co-accused. She was granted bail, Mr. Prasad's bail
plea rejected and he was remanded in judicial custody.
October 5, 2001
The Supreme Court transfers the scam cases to Jharkhand
after the creation of the new State.
February, 2002
Trial begins in the Ranchi special CBI court.
December 2006
Prasad and Rabri devi acquitted of charges in the
disproportionate assets case filed by the CBI
June 2007
The special CBI court in Ranchi sentences 58 persons,
including two nephews of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, to jail terms
ranging from two-and-a-half years to six years for fraudulently
withdrawing Rs. 48 crore from the Chaibasa Treasury in the 1990s.
March 2012
Six months after their appearance before the Special CBI
court, charges are framed against Mr. Prasad and Mr. Mishra. The court
charges the former with fraudulent withdrawal of Rs. 47 lakh from the
treasuries at Banka and Bhagalpur districts, where alleged forged and
fake bills were drawn by the Animal Husbandry Department in 1995-96 when
he was the Chief Minister.
August 13, 2013
The Supreme Court rejects Mr. Prasad's plea seeking the
transfer of the trial court judge hearing the case.
September 17, 2013
The Special CBI court reserves its judgment.
September 30, 2013
Prasad and Mishra, along with 45 others are
convicted by Special CBI Judge Pravas Kumar Singh. Mr. Prasad stands
disqualified as member of the Lok Sabha following the verdict. The two
cannot contest any election, including those of the Assembly/Council,
for six years from the date of their release from jail.
November 2014
The CBI challenges the order of the Jharkhand High Court
quashing four pending fodder scam cases against Mr. Prasad on the
grounds that a person convicted in one case could not be tried in
similar cases based on same witnesses and evidences. The court upholds
the CBI plea to continue proceedings in the trial court against Mr.
Prasad under two sections.
November 2016
The Supreme Court pulls up Mr. Mishra for allegedly
dragging and delaying the appeal filed by the CBI challenging the
quashing of four pending fodder scam cases against him.
May 2017
The Supreme Court holds that Mr. Prasad and other accused
persons, including Mr. Mishra, will be tried separately for corruption
in a criminal case involving the withdrawal of Rs. 84.53 lakh and
falsification of records from the Deoghar Treasury in 1991-94
December 23, 2017
A special CBI court in Ranchi to pronounce the
judgment in the case.
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