Fodder scam: CBI court to pronounce quantum of sentence for Lalu Yadav today

A special CBI court will pronounce the quantum of sentence for Lalu Prasad Yadav and other convicts in the fifth fodder scam case on MondayLalu Yadav was declared guilty on February 15 Of the 99 accused in the case 24 were acquitted while threeyear jail terms were pronounced for 46 accused The fate of the remaining accused will be decided on MondayYadav has been found guilty of illegal withdrawals of Rs 13935 crore from the Doranda treasury by a special CBI court in Jharkhands Ranchi The hearing for the pronouncement of quantum of punishment for Yadav has been scheduled for todayLalu Prasad has been sentenced in four fodder scam cases This case RC 47A97 was the fifth and final one and the biggest of these pertaining to a fodder scam in which 139 crore 35 lakh was illegally withdrawn The Rs 950crore scam relates to the fraudulent withdrawal of public funds from government treasuries in various districts of undivided BiharOf the original 170 accused in the matter 55 have died 7 have become government witnesses 2 have accepted the charges against them and six are absconding 99 accused including Lalu Prasad Yadav are left against whom the court gave the verdict on February 15The scam comes into light after a raid conducted by Deputy Commissioner of Chaibasa Amit Khare at the Animal Husbandry Department in January 1996 CBI was roped in by the Patna High Court in March 1996 after increasing pressure to investigate the caseThe CBI registers an FIR in the case at the time when both Bihar and Jharkhand were a unified state In June 1997 Lalu Prasad was named an accused in the case for the first time in the chargesheet filed by the CBI Following the chargesheet and mounting pressure from the Opposition Lalu resigned as the chief minister after which he made his wife Rabri Devi the Chief Minister of the state and silently controlled the politics in Bihar in July 1997Due to the bifurcation of Bihar and the formation of a new state Jharkhand the case is transferred to the Jharkhand High Court in October 2001 Special CBI court begins trial in the fodder scam case from February 2002 Prasads first conviction came in September 2013 in the Chaibasa treasury case related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3770 croreHe was handed over five years in prison leading to his disqualification from the Lok Sabha membership He was granted bail by the Supreme Court in December that yearThe RJDs supremos trouble renewed again in 2017 when a special Central Bureau of Investigation CBI court in December 2017 had convicted him in the second scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 8927 lakh from Deoghar treasuryPrasad was sentenced to 35 years of jail term in this case He was however granted bail in July last year after completing half of the 35 years sentence The former chief ministers third conviction came in January 2018 in the Chaibasa treasury case related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3313 croreHe was awarded five years of imprisonment in this case Two months later the special CBI court in March 2018 had held Prasad guilty under conspiracy and corruption charges in the scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 376 crore from Dumka treasury from December 1995 to January 1996 It had handed him 14 years in prison and slapped a fine of Rs 60 lakh on himThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever