1.
Lalu Prasad faces five cases in the
fodder scam, of which four are pending
2. The current case pertains to the alleged fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 84.5 lakh from the Deoghar district treasury between 1994 and 1996
3. There are 34 persons accused in this particular case, including the
RJD chief and former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra
4. Lalu was earlier sentenced to five years in jail and fined Rs 25 lakh for fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.5 crore from the Chaibasa treasury. The Supreme Court granted him bail in December 2013
5. In 2014, the Jharkhand high court stayed the trial against Lalu in four of the pending cases on the ground that a person convicted in one case could not be tried in similar cases based on same witnesses and evidence. The order, however, was quashed by the apex court, which ordered Lalu to stand trial in all pending fodder scam cases in which he was an accused
6. On Friday, Lalu stressed that the judgment in the fodder scam would not adversely impact the RJD, which would continue to be led by his sons Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav
7. Lalu left Patna for Ranchi on Friday evening with his younger son and leader of opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Yadav
(With inputs from agencies)
