Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday deferred to December 11 hearing on the bail plea of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav in connection with a fodder scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal from Dumka Treasury.
"The next date of the bail plea hearing is December 11. We have been instructed to bring records related to Lalu Prasad ji's half-sentence from the lower court and get it verified before further arguments," advocate Prabhat Kumar, Lalu Yadav's lawyer, told reporters here.
Notably, Yadav was shifted back to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) from Kelly bungalow (RIMS Director's bungalow) in Ranchi on Thursday.
Yadav was shifted to Kelly bungalow in Ranchi on August 6, after the RIMS authorities had written to Birsa Munda Jail authority seeking his shifting, as the ward where he was receiving treatment was converted into COVID ward.The RJD leader was admitted to RIMS on August 30, 2018, after he surrendered at Birsa Munda Central Jail on Jharkhand court's orders in the fodder scam.
Yadav had last month secured bail in connection with the Chaibasa treasury case related to the fodder scam. However, he is yet to secure bail in the Dumka treasury case.
Yadav, who had been in prison since December 2017, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in 2018 under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and seven years under the Prevention of Corruption Act in connection with the fodder scam case. Both the sentences are being served consecutively.
The case pertains to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.5 crores from the Dumka treasury by Animal Husbandry Department officials between 1991 and 1996 when Yadav served as the State's Chief Minister. (ANI)
