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Lalu Prasad Yadav: Fodder cases (Doranda treasury case) case status

Chief Minister of Bihar. The CBI case concerned the illegal withdrawal of over Rs 139 crore from the Doranda treasury between 1990 and 1996, the fifth of the fodder cases in which Lalu Prasad was convicted.

Status: ConvictedHe was convicted on 15 February 2022 and sentenced to five years and a Rs 60 lakh fine, and the Jharkhand High Court suspended the sentence and granted bail on 22 April 2022 while his appeal was pending.
Country
India
Agency
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
Court
Special CBI Court, Ranchi, with appeal in the Jharkhand High Court
Status date
22 April 2022
Amount alleged
INR 1,390,000,000

Case history

  1. Convicted in the first Chaibasa treasury case and sentenced to five years, per ETV Bharat.1
  2. Convicted in the Dumka treasury case, the fourth fodder case conviction, per ETV Bharat.1
  3. The Special CBI Court in Ranchi convicted him in the Doranda treasury case.1
  4. Sentenced to five years in prison and a Rs 60 lakh fine.2
  5. Filed an appeal against conviction and sentence in the Jharkhand High Court.3
  6. The Jharkhand High Court suspended the sentence and granted bail.2

Response

He appealed his conviction and sentence to the Jharkhand High Court (The Wire).

Sources

  1. ETV Bharat, Lalu Yadav convicted in fodder scam case (15 February 2022)
  2. The Tribune (PTI), Jharkhand High Court grants bail to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad in Doranda treasury case (22 April 2022)
  3. The Wire, Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad moves Jharkhand HC challenging CBI court's sentence (25 February 2022)

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