Rashtriya Janta Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail plea was rejected by on Friday by the Jharkhand High Court in Deoghar Treasury matter. He was earlier sentenced for three and a half years in the case by a CBI court.
He was earlier sentenced to three and a half years in the matter by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court.
The 69-year-old leader had earlier challenged his conviction in the case and had sought bail from the court.
The RJD supremo is already lodged in Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi since December 23, 2017, in connection with the second case of fodder scam related to illegal withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deogarh treasury.
The veteran politician had already been convicted in three fodder scam cases in 2013, 2017 and 2018 and got five, three-and-a-half and five years of imprisonment respectively.
After his first conviction, on September 30, 2013, he faced disqualification from Lok Sabha and a ban on contesting elections.
He still faces trial in two other scam cases.
With Agency Inputs
Offender/Criminal, of course, with the passage of time, goes on attaining age , consequently he grows old and older and sometimes goes sick too. It`s a natural process which is inevitable but sorry to mention, his culpability to a particular guilt that he committed in past, remains the same. Gravity and severity of offence has to be taken into consideration by the court of justice, while deciding the case.
The RJD supremo while holding CM`s office ,as alleged, had fraudulently withdrawn crores of rupees from exchequer. One wonders, how can he expect the hon`ble court now to be lenient with him and to let him go off without appropriately punished.
P.Gautampurkar,Sawai Madhopur,Rajasthan
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