The hearing in the fodder case, relating to fraudulent withdrawals of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury between December 1995 and January 1996, was completed on March 5.
Besides former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Yadav and Jagannath Mishra, there are 29 accused, including former IAS officers and AHD officials, in the Dumka Treasury case.
No date has been fixed yet for the pronouncement of judgement in the case which is related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from Dumka Treasury (RC 38A/96).
The case relates to fraudulent withdrawals Rs 13.13 crore from December 1995 to January 1996 from the Dumka treasury.
In a written plea, the 69-year-old leader who is lodged in the central jail since his conviction on December 23, had sought leniency due to his illness and old age.
Lalu, accompanied by his elder son Tej Pratap, arrived at court for hearing in the fifth fodder scam case RC47A/96, related to Doranda Treasury.
Earlier in the day, Lalu along with another former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra was convicted by a special CBI court in fodder scam case.
A special CBI court in Ranchi today convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and 50 others in the third fodder scam – the Chaibasa Treasury case.
Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is behind Lalu's conviction in fodder scam case.
The case relates to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 139.35 crore from Doranda treasury of Ranchi.
The special CBI court of Shiv Pal Singh had on January 6 handed down three-and-a-half years prison term to Lalu in the case pertaining to illegal withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deoghar treasury between 1991 and 1994.
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