Lalu Yadav Gets Bail In Dumka Treasury Case, To Be Out Of Jail After Completing Formalities

Rashtriya Janata Dal and former chief minister of Bihar Lalu Yadav has been granted bail in the fodder scam case by the Ranchi High Court in Dumka treasury case

Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav (File Photo)

Jharkhand High Court has granted bail to RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav in a Fodder scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal from Dumka Treasury. This was the last case against Lalu Yadav and RJD Supremo will be soon out of the jail now.

The bail application was filed in Jharkhand High Court on the grounds of completion of half of his sentence.

The court had earlier rejected the politicians bail plea on February 19, 2021. He was sent to jail for seven years under two sections in the Dumka Treasury case for the illegal withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury.

Notably, after being convicted by a Special CBI Court in Ranchi on December 23, 2017, in the second fodder scam case involving the illegal withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deoghar treasury, the RJD Chief was lodged in Birsa Munda Central jail in Ranchi. However, he had to be shifted to RIMS on August 29, 2018, after his health started deteriorating.

The 72-year RJD Chief, after being diagnosed with symptoms of pneumonia, was shifted to AIIMS in January this year on the recommendation of an eight-member medical board, set up to look into his health conditions. Yadav is also a chronic patient of hypertension, diabetes, heart and kidney ailments.

Yadav, so far, has been convicted in four out of the five cases related to multi-crore fodder scam cases related to Chaibasa Treasury (RC20A/96) on September 30, 2013, another Chaibasa Treasury (RC68A/96) on January 24, 2018, Deoghar Treasury (RC 64A/96) on February 23, 2018 and Dumka Treasury (RC38A/96) on February 19.