The Jharkhand High Court on Friday extended the provisional bail period of RJD chief lalu Prasad Yadav, who is undergoing treatment for various ailments, till August 20. lalu has filed a petition praying for further extension of his provisional bail period by three months for further treatment of his diseases.
Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh has fixed August 17 for the final hearing on the pleas for further extending the bail period by three month. The full hearing on the petition could not take place as lawyers abstained from works owing to demise of one of their colleagues.
lalu’s councel Prabhat Kumar informed that the six-week provisional bail granted by HC to lalu in June was to expire on August 15. Notably HC had extended the provisional bail while asking lalu’s lawyers to present medical report on his treatment on August 10.
Kumar informed that they have submitted report regarding lalu’s health conditions including his discharge report from the Asian Heart Institute.
He said RJD leader lalu has been admitted in the Asian Heart Institute again as doctors had asked him to report four week after the operation of fistula. He said that at present lalu’s blood sugar was high at around 350 despite heavy doses of insulin. He said that high blood sugar was delaying his recovery from the operation.
lalu’s lawyers further stated that he was suffering from several other diseases including chronic kidney disease, glaucoma alongwith hypertension and heart problem.
lalu was sentenced in four Fodder scam cases related to fraudulent withdrawal from different treasuries of Jharkhand. The RJD leaders however developed medical problems in the Birsa Munda Central jail was admitted in Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences. He was then referred to All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
After his return from AIIMS, lalu had applied for provisional bail for treatment of illnesses in super specialty hospitals.