The CBI court in Ranchi will announce the quantum of sentence to RJD chief Lalu Prasad and 34 of those convicted in the multi-crore fodder scam case through videoconferencing on Thursday.
On Monday, the court of special judge PK Singh had held Lalu and 44 others guilty of fraudulently withdrawing Rs. 37.70 crore from Chaibasa treasury between 1994 and 1995. Lalu also faces disqualification from Parliament as MP after his sentence.
Lalu’s counsel senior advocate Chitranjan Sinha said they will appeal for a lenient sentence for the RJD chief citing his stature as a former Union minister and health.
Senior advocate Surender Singh from Jabalpur high court will argue on Lalu’s behalf in the first half of the court session and the court will start pronouncing the statement at 2:30pm.
Former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra, also convicted in the case, is undergoing treatment at Ranchi’s Rajendra Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). He will either be shifted to jail or produced before the court on Thursday as there is no videoconferencing facility in the hospital.
"The court may defer the date of pronouncement of sentences with respect to Mishra,” said senior advocate of high court BM Tripathy.
Out of the 45 people convicted, 34 -- including Lalu – are lodged at Jharkhand’s Birsa Munda Central Jail since Monday.
The court had released eight convicts on bail the same day as they were sentenced to three years imprisonment. The court had also issued arrest warrant against three convicts who failed to appear before the court.
Credits: hindustantimes
On Monday, the court of special judge PK Singh had held Lalu and 44 others guilty of fraudulently withdrawing Rs. 37.70 crore from Chaibasa treasury between 1994 and 1995. Lalu also faces disqualification from Parliament as MP after his sentence.
Lalu’s counsel senior advocate Chitranjan Sinha said they will appeal for a lenient sentence for the RJD chief citing his stature as a former Union minister and health.
Senior advocate Surender Singh from Jabalpur high court will argue on Lalu’s behalf in the first half of the court session and the court will start pronouncing the statement at 2:30pm.
Former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra, also convicted in the case, is undergoing treatment at Ranchi’s Rajendra Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). He will either be shifted to jail or produced before the court on Thursday as there is no videoconferencing facility in the hospital.
"The court may defer the date of pronouncement of sentences with respect to Mishra,” said senior advocate of high court BM Tripathy.
Out of the 45 people convicted, 34 -- including Lalu – are lodged at Jharkhand’s Birsa Munda Central Jail since Monday.
The court had released eight convicts on bail the same day as they were sentenced to three years imprisonment. The court had also issued arrest warrant against three convicts who failed to appear before the court.
Credits: hindustantimes
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