Lalu Prasad found guilty with 15 others, Jagannath Mishra among 6 acquitted in fodder scam case

RANCHI: Former Bihar leader minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad along with 15 others were pronounced guilty while some other former Bihar leader minister Jagannath Mishra and five others were acquitted by way of CBI courtroom in a 21-year-old case of fodder rip-off right here on Saturday.
Hearing case RC 64A/96 related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.89.27 lakh from Deoghar treasury between 1990-94, special CBI pass judgement on Shiv Pal Singh pronounced Lalu guilty under segment 420 and 120B of IPC along with 13 (1) (C) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Other politicians held guilty comprises shaped JD (U) MP Jagdish Sharma and former RJD MLA RK Rana who now's a BJP member.

Those acquitted by way of the courtroom along with octogenarian Mishra come with former Bihar minister Vidya Sagar Nishad and former chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Dhruv Bhagat among politicians, a former officer of Indian Revenue Service AC Choudhary and other halves of 2 providers Saraswati Chandra and Sadhna Singh.

The special CBI courtroom pronounced the judgement in a packed courtroom after making sure attendance of all 22 accused within the case. This time the courtroom has not proven leniency with the approvers. Along with the sentence, the courtroom ordered confiscation of belongings bought by way of two accused in the similar case Dr Shashi Kumar Singh and RK Das, who later became approvers. The courtroom observed that the accused who became approvers were extra involved in heading off sentence than helping the authorities within the disposal of the case.


"Their property acquired after 1990 is to be sold and the amount deposited with government treasury," Lalu's suggest in Ranchi Prabhat Kumar said.


The courtroom has additionally issued understand under segment 319 of CRPC to the then deputy commissioner of Deoghar, Sukhdeo Singh in quest of an explanation as to why he will have to not be made an accused in the similar case. The understand has been served through the leader secretary to document a reply inside of every week.


Apart from Lalu and two politicians 3 former IAS officials Phoolchand Singh, Beck Julius and Mahesh Prasad, two public servants Krishna Kumar and Subir Bhattacharya and 8 fodder providers and transporters- Tripurari Mohan Prasad, Sunil Kumar Sinha, Sushil Kumar Sinha, Raja Ram Joshi, Gopinath Das, Sanjay Agarwal, Jyoti Kumar Jha and Sunil Gandhi had been held guilty within the case. All of them were provide within the jam-packed courtroom when the verdict was pronounced.


Lalu's son and leader of opposition in Bihar assembly Tejasvi Yadav were additionally provide within the courtroom, who stood by way of his father and remained calm and poised when the order was learn out.
Lalu Prasad found guilty with 15 others, Jagannath Mishra among 6 acquitted in fodder scam case Lalu Prasad found guilty with 15 others, Jagannath Mishra among 6 acquitted in fodder scam case Reviewed by Kailash on December 23, 2017 Rating: 5
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