A particular CBI court docket in Ranchi Monday sentenced former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to 5 years of imprisonment within the fifth fodder rip-off case, pertaining to unlawful withdrawal of cash from the Doranda treasury.
Special Judge SK Sashi on February 15 convicted Lalu Prasad and 74 othersand purchased 24 accused within the unlawful withdrawal of Rs 139.35 crore from the Doranda treasury of Ranchi in 1995-96.
Lalu Prasad, 74, is presently at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi paying ward citing his sick well being.
In the fifth case, the court docket had awarded three years of most punishment to 34 accused and fined them within the vary of Rs 20,000 to Rs 2 lakh. The sentencing of 41 accused, together with Lalu Prasad was awarded Monday by way of video conferencing. The most positive was Rs 2 crore, as per the attorneys.
The sentencing assumes significance as within the present case Lalu Prasad has already undergone a judicial custody interval of three years and nineteen days. One of the protection attorneys, Anant Kumar Vij stated: “The judge pronounced five years of jail term, of which he has already undergone three years and nineteen days. Since he has already undergone half of the jail term, we will file a petition in the high court to grant him bail.”
Lalu Prasad had already been convicted within the earlier 4 instances. One extra case is pending earlier than CBI Patna, pertaining to unlawful withdrawal of cash from the Banka-Bhagalpur treasury.
According to the court docket data, the cost on this case was framed towards the accused individuals on September 26, 2005 and the prosecution proof was closed on May 16, 2019. The statements of accused individuals have been recorded on January 16, 2020 and the conviction occurred February 15, 2022.
The RJD chief was convicted within the first fodder rip-off case in 2013 and awarded 5 years in jail associated to Chaibasa unlawful withdrawal of instances. The conviction additionally barred him from contesting elections for 11 years, in keeping with the Supreme Court order disqualifying convicts jailed for greater than two years from contesting for six years after completion of their sentence.
Later, he obtained bail within the case. Lalu was convicted by a particular CBI court docket within the second case on December 23, 2017 for the unlawful withdrawal of greater than Rs 80 lakh from Deoghar treasury and awarded three-and-half years’ imprisonment. He was convicted within the third case on January 24, 2018 associated to fraudulent withdrawals from the Chaibasa treasury value Rs 33.67 crore and awarded a five-year jail time period. The fourth one, into the unlawful withdrawal from Dumka treasury to the tune of Rs 3.13 crore, and was awarded for seven years of imprisonment, was on March 4, 2018.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
