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Supreme Court notice to Lalu Prasad Yadav on fodder scam bail

The probe agency has challenged the July 12, 2019, order passed by the high court at Ranchi.

Supreme Court notice to Lalu Prasad Yadav on fodder scam bail

Lalu Prasad is currently serving prison term in a Ranchi jail in connection with the fodder scam that abruptly ended his career in electoral politics. (File Photo: IANS)

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on a plea challenging the bail granted by the Jharkhand High Court in one of the fodder scam cases. A bench, comprising Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, and Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant, sought response from Yadav on the plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The probe agency has challenged the July 12, 2019, order passed by the high court at Ranchi, saying it had “erroneously” suspended the sentence awarded by the trial court and released the RJD chief on bail in one of the fodder scam cases.

The high court had granted Yadav bail in the case of fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from the Deoghar treasury on the ground that he had served half of his prison term of three-and-a-half years.

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