RANCHI: The
Jharkhand high court on Friday granted jailed
RJD chief Lalu Prasad six weeks provisional bail for
medical treatment.
His lawyer had sought three months provisional bail on health grounds, telling the court that the
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief wanted to get treated in Mumbai.
Hearing the petition,
Justice Apresh Kumar Singh sought a medical report from the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Lalu Prasad, who was undergoing treatment at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) here after he was brought here from AIIMS on May 1, is currently in Patna on three days parole to attend the marriage of his eldest son
Tej Pratap on May 12.
Lalu is in the Birsa Munda jail since December 23, 2017 after being convicted in a
fodder scam case. He was admitted to RIMS on March 17 following complaints of uneasiness.
He has been convicted in four fodder scam cases since 2013 -- the latest being the Dumka treasury case in which a special Central Bureau of Investigation court sentenced him to 14-year jail term.
File photo of RJD chief Lalu Prasad.