Lalu Prasad Yadav Gets Bail In The Fifth And Last Fodder Case

(The Quiver) : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav got a big relief. The Jharkhand High court on Friday granted bail to Lalu in the fifth and last fodder case related to the illegal withdrawal of Rs 139.35 crore from Doranda treasury.

Speaking to media , Prabhat Kumar, counsel of Lalu Prasad said that the RJD chief has been granted bail on the uniform yardstick of half custody and health issues.  “He will have to deposit Rs 1 lakh surety amount and Rs 10 lakh as fine”.

“We had pleaded that he has served half of his five-year sentence in this case. Against the sentence of 30 months, our client has already served 42 months in jail in this case. Though the CBI opposed the bail petition, the court has granted bail,” India Today quoted Prabhat Kumar, the counsel of Lalu Prasad as saying.

The court had held the RJD leader guilty in the case, after which he was taken into custody. Besides Prasad, former MP Jagdish Sharma, the then Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Dhruv Bhagat, Animal Husbandry Secretary Beck Julius, and Animal Husbandry Assistant Director Dr. K M Prasad were also named as the main accused.