Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad Yadav gets bail in Doranda Treasury case

The High Court of Jharkhand has granted RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav bail in the Doranda Treasury case.

The High Court of Jharkhand has granted RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav bail in the Rs 139.35-crore Doranda Treasury case related to the fodder scam.

A special CBI court in Ranchi had in February held RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad guilty of fraudulent withdrawals from Doranda Treasury in connection with the fifth fodder scam case.

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Lalu Prasad, who has already been convicted in four other cases of the fodder scam, was also accused in the fifth and final case.

The Rs 950-crore fodder scam involved to fraudulent withdrawals of public funds from government treasuries in various districts of undivided Bihar. Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison and slapped with a total penalty of Rs 60 lakh, has secured bail in four cases related to Dumka, Deoghar and Chaibasa treasuries.

The fodder scam came to light in January 1996 after a raid at the Animal Husbandry Department. The CBI named Prasad as an accused in June 1997. The agency framed charges against Prasad and former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra.

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