The Ranchi High Court on Friday extended the provisional bail granted to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad by another six weeks on medical grounds.
While hearing the fodder scam cases related to fraudulent withdrawal of money from Chaibasa, Deogarh and Dumka treasuries, Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh extended the relief.
After being convicted in four fodder scam cases, Mr. Prasad was lodged in the Birsa Munda central jail of Ranchi. However, now out on provisional bail, he is undergoing treatment in a Mumbai hospital after an operation last Sunday.
Supreme Court lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who represented Mr. Prasad, told the court that he has been suffering from fistula, is a chronic diabetic and requires time to recover post-operation. “Today [Friday] the court fixed the next date of hearing on August 10 and we’ve to submit Mr. Prasad’s latest medical report on August 3,” counsel Chitranjan Sinha told local journalists in Ranchi.