lalu prasad: CBI court awards five years’ jail to Lalu Prasad in 5th case

A particular CBI court docket on Monday sentenced RJD president Lalu Prasad to 5 years imprisonment within the fifth and ultimate case within the fodder rip-off. The court docket additionally imposed a positive of ₹60 lakh on him. The case pertains to withdrawals from Doranda treasury throughout his tenure as chief minister of undivided Bihar. Prasad has already been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in 4 different instances associated to the fodder rip-off.

On February 15, the court docket had pronounced Lalu Prasad and 37 others responsible within the case. Since then, Lalu Prasad was beneath arrest and was on the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, as a consequence of well being issues. Yadav was in jail serving his sentences in different fodder rip-off instances since December 2017 and had come out on bail in April final 12 months. “We’ve got full religion within the judiciary and can apply for bail within the excessive court docket,” RJD’s Bhola Yadav, an in depth aide of Lalu Prasad, informed ET from Ranchi.