The court of Justice RR Prasad, while hearing the petition filed by the Bihar Chief Minister lalu Prasad Yadav challenging his conviction by the CBI Court in fodder scam case RC20A/96, kept its orders reserved till Thursday. The CBI court on September 30 had convicted 45 accused persons including lalu Prasad following which he moved to the High Court.
“Today, the CBI concluded its arguments in conncetion with the petition filed by us and the court has kept its orders reserved till tomorrow,” said lalu’s Counsel Prabhat Kumar. lalu, Mishra and 43 others were on September 30 convicted by the special CBI court Judge Pravas Kumar Singh in the fodder case involving fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore from Chaibasa Treasury during the lalu-led RJD regime.
lalu is serving a five-year sentence after being convicted in the fodder scam case. The court had granted provisional bail to another former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra on October 25.