NEW DELHI: Former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad sentencing by the particular CBI court in the second one fodder rip-off case has been postponed until the following day.
A different CBI court had on December 23 convicted the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and 15 others in a case associated with the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 84.5 lakh from the Deoghar district treasury in Bihar between 1990 and 1994. Lalu used to be convicted in the first of 5 fodder rip-off instances, in 2013, and for that used to be sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Lalu's attorney on Tuesday told journalists that they would press for minimal punishment in the case given the RJD chief's age.
"Lalu is 70 years old and suffering from many diseases. We will seek minimum punishment for him", he mentioned.
The former chief minister of Bihar is lately lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi.
The CBI court had acquitted any other former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra and five others in the second one fodder rip-off case. Lalu Prasad used to be the Chief Minister of then undivided Bihar from 1990 to 1997.
The trial in the case used to be finished on December 13 in the particular CBI court and 10 days later, he used to be convicted on December 23.
There had been 34 accused in the case, of which 11 died during the trial, whilst one turned CBI approver and admitted to the crime. The 16 convicted other folks include 3 former IAS officers Phoolchand Mandal, Beck Julius and Mahesh Prasad.
(With inputs from agencies)
A different CBI court had on December 23 convicted the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and 15 others in a case associated with the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 84.5 lakh from the Deoghar district treasury in Bihar between 1990 and 1994. Lalu used to be convicted in the first of 5 fodder rip-off instances, in 2013, and for that used to be sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Lalu's attorney on Tuesday told journalists that they would press for minimal punishment in the case given the RJD chief's age.
"Lalu is 70 years old and suffering from many diseases. We will seek minimum punishment for him", he mentioned.
The former chief minister of Bihar is lately lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi.
The CBI court had acquitted any other former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra and five others in the second one fodder rip-off case. Lalu Prasad used to be the Chief Minister of then undivided Bihar from 1990 to 1997.
The trial in the case used to be finished on December 13 in the particular CBI court and 10 days later, he used to be convicted on December 23.
There had been 34 accused in the case, of which 11 died during the trial, whilst one turned CBI approver and admitted to the crime. The 16 convicted other folks include 3 former IAS officers Phoolchand Mandal, Beck Julius and Mahesh Prasad.
(With inputs from agencies)
2nd fodder scam case: Lalu Prasad's sentencing postponed till tomorrow
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