LALU PRASAD SENTENCED TO 3.5 YEARS IN PRISON IN SECOND FODDER SCAM CASE
കാലിത്തീറ്റ കുംഭകോണക്കേസ്: ലാലുപ്രസാദ് യാദവിന് മൂന്നര വര്‍ഷം തടവും അഞ്ച് ലക്ഷം രൂപ പിഴയും
Former chief
minister of Bihar Lalu
Prasad was on Saturday sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison by a
special CBI court in the second fodder scam case+ in which
he was found guilty. CBI court judge Shivpal Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 10
lakh on the RJD
chief for offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of
Corruption Act (PCA). He was fined Rs 5 lakh each under the IPC and the PCA, a
CBI counsel said, adding that failure to pay the fine would entail another six
months in jail.
The court had convicted Prasad for offences of cheating, along with criminal conspiracy, under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Act. Minutes before the sentence was announced, Lalu's son and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had expressed his faith in the judiciary. "The judiciary performed its duty. We will go to the high court after studying the sentence and apply for bail," he said. The sentence was delivered today via video conferencing after being postponed three times this week. While completing sentencing hearings in this fodder scam case today, Judge Shivpal Singh wryly observed that "an open jail is best for the convicts, because they have experience in cow farming."
The CBI court+ had on December 23 convicted the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and 15 others in a case related to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 84.5 lakh from the Deoghar district treasury in Bihar between 1990 and 1994. Lalu was convicted in the first of five fodder scam cases, in 2013, and for that was sentenced to five years in prison. The former chief minister of Bihar is currently lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi. Yesterday, Lalu sought a minimum punishment citing health issues. His lawyer, Chitaranjan Sinha, also confirmed that the RJD leader was dealing with a lot of health issues. Sinha said earlier he hoped for minimum punishment in this second case, on account of the RJD chief's age. "I have no role in this scam directly; consider minimum punishment keeping in view my age and health grounds," said Lalu in his plea. The trial in this second of five fodder scam cases against Lalu was completed on December 13. Ten days later, the court acquitted another former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra and five others in the scam case.
The court had convicted Prasad for offences of cheating, along with criminal conspiracy, under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Act. Minutes before the sentence was announced, Lalu's son and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had expressed his faith in the judiciary. "The judiciary performed its duty. We will go to the high court after studying the sentence and apply for bail," he said. The sentence was delivered today via video conferencing after being postponed three times this week. While completing sentencing hearings in this fodder scam case today, Judge Shivpal Singh wryly observed that "an open jail is best for the convicts, because they have experience in cow farming."
The CBI court+ had on December 23 convicted the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and 15 others in a case related to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 84.5 lakh from the Deoghar district treasury in Bihar between 1990 and 1994. Lalu was convicted in the first of five fodder scam cases, in 2013, and for that was sentenced to five years in prison. The former chief minister of Bihar is currently lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi. Yesterday, Lalu sought a minimum punishment citing health issues. His lawyer, Chitaranjan Sinha, also confirmed that the RJD leader was dealing with a lot of health issues. Sinha said earlier he hoped for minimum punishment in this second case, on account of the RJD chief's age. "I have no role in this scam directly; consider minimum punishment keeping in view my age and health grounds," said Lalu in his plea. The trial in this second of five fodder scam cases against Lalu was completed on December 13. Ten days later, the court acquitted another former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra and five others in the scam case.
:കാലിത്തീറ്റ കുംഭകോണക്കേസില്‍
ലാലുപ്രസാദ് യാദവിന് മൂന്നര വര്‍ഷം
തടവ് ശിക്ഷ. 5 ലക്ഷം
രൂപ പിഴയും അടയ്ക്കണം. മറ്റ്
15 പ്രതികള്‍ക്കും
ഇതേ ശിക്ഷയാണ് ലഭിച്ചത്. റാഞ്ചിയിലെ പ്രത്യേക സിബിഐ
കോടതിയാണ് ശിക്ഷ വിധിച്ചത്. കുംഭകോണവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട രണ്ടാമത്തെ കേസിലാണ് വിധി.
കേസില്‍ ലാലു പ്രസാദ് കുറ്റവാളിയാണെന്ന് സിബിഐ
നേരത്തെ കണ്ടെത്തിയിരുന്നു.
Prof. John Kurakar
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