Ranchi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a counter-affidavit in the Jharkhand high court opposing RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail in the multi-crore fodder scam case.
The CBI opposed the bail plea saying that Yadav was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment in a fodder scam case related to the Dumka treasury but he has not yet served even half of his sentence.
Earlier on Friday, the high court postponed the bail plea to April 16 after the CBI had sought time to file its reply on the matter.
Notably, the case relates to the unlawful withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury during the 1990s in Bihar.
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The former Bihar Chief Minister has so far been convicted in four out of five cases related to multi-crore fodder scam and he has already acquired bail in three other cases of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam.
He is on bail in the first Chaibasa treasury case involving the excess withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore. In this case, he was given a sentence of five years.
He is also on bail in the case pertaining to excess withdrawal of Rs 79 lakh from Deoghar Treasury.
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Yadav was also granted bail in a case related to excess withdrawal of Rs 33.13 crore from Chaibasa Treasury.
In all these cases, he was granted bail on the ground of having served half-sentence of the total term awarded to him.
(With inputs from agencies)
