Lalu Prasad sentencing in fodder scam case postponed till tomorrow
The quantum of sentence for Bihar's former
chief minister Lalu Yadav and others in a fodder scam case+ will be pronounced
tomorrow, reported ANI.
The sentencing has not been pronounced today
due to the passing away of advocate Vindeshwari Prasad.
A special CBI court had on December 23 had
convicted the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and 15 others in the case
related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 84.5 lakh from the Deoghar district
treasury between 1990 and 1994.
Lalu Prasad's lawyer on Tuesday told
reporters that they would press for minimum punishment in the case.
"Lalu is 70 years old and suffering
from many diseases. We will seek minimum punishment for him", he said.
He was first time convicted in another
fodder scam case in 2013, and was awarded five years in prison. The former chief minister of Bihar is at present lodged in Birsa Munda
Central Jail in Ranchi.
The CBI court had acquitted another former
Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra and five others in the same case. Lalu
Prasad was the Chief Minister of then undivided Bihar from 1990 to 1997.
There were 34 accused in the case,
out of which 11 died during the trial, while one turned CBI
approver and admitted to the crime. The 16 convicted people include three former IAS officials
Phoolchand Mandal, Beck Julius and Mahesh Prasad. Lalu Prasad is also facing trial in three more
cases relating to the fodder scam, also known as "Chara Ghotala".
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