CBI court in Ranchi sentences RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav to 5 years' imprisonment

Fifth fodder rip-off case: A CBI courtroom on Monday sentenced former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav to 5 years imprisonment within the fifth fodder rip-off case and imposed a positive of Rs 60 lakhs on him.

Yadav was declared responsible on February 15. Of the 99 accused within the case, 24 have been acquitted, whereas three-year jail phrases have been pronounced for the 46 accused. The destiny of the remaining accused shall be selected Monday.

Yadav has been discovered responsible of unlawful withdrawals of Rs 139.35 crore from the Doranda treasury by a particular CBI courtroom in Jharkhand’s Ranchi.

The listening to for the pronouncement of quantum of punishment for Yadav has been scheduled for at present.

Yadav has been sentenced in 4 fodder rip-off instances. This case (RC 47A/97) was the fifth and the most important by which Rs 139.35 crore was illegally withdrawn.

The Rs 950-crore fodder rip-off pertains to the fraudulent withdrawal of public funds from authorities treasuries in varied districts of undivided Bihar.

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Of the unique 170 accused within the matter, 55 have died, seven have grow to be authorities witnesses, two have accepted the fees in opposition to them and 6 are absconding. The courtroom gave the decision on February 15 in opposition to the remaining 99 accused, together with Yadav.

The rip-off got here into mild after a raid performed by Deputy Commissioner of Chaibasa Amit Khare on the Animal Husbandry Division in January 1996. The CBI was roped in by the Patna Excessive Courtroom in March 1996 after growing strain to research the case. The CBI registered an FIR within the case at a time when Bihar was nonetheless undivided.

In June 1997, Yadav was named an accused within the case for the primary time within the chargesheet filed by the CBI.

Following the chargesheet and mounting strain from the Opposition, Yadav resigned because the Chief Minister after which Rabri Devi succeeded him in July 1997 even whereas he continued to function behind the curtains in Bihar. Because of the bifurcation of Bihar and the formation of Jharkhand, the case was transferred to the Jharkhand Excessive Courtroom in October 2001. Particular CBI courtroom started trial within the fodder rip-off case in February 2002. Yadav’s first conviction got here in September 2013 within the Chaibasa treasury case associated to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.70 crore.

He was handed over 5 years in jail resulting in his disqualification from the Lok Sabha membership. He was later granted bail by the Supreme Courtroom.

The RJD supremo’s bother renewed once more in 2017 when a particular CBI courtroom in December 2017 convicted him within the second rip-off case associated to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deoghar treasury.

He was sentenced to three.5 years of jail time period however was granted bail in July final 12 months after finishing half of the sentence.

The previous Chief Minister’s third conviction got here in January 2018 within the Chaibasa treasury case associated to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 33.13 crore. He was awarded 5 years of imprisonment on this case.

Two months later, the particular CBI courtroom in March 2018, had held him responsible of conspiracy and corruption prices within the rip-off case associated to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.76 crore from Dumka treasury from December 1995, to January 1996. It had handed him 14 years in jail and slapped a positive of Rs 60 lakh on him.

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