Fodder Scam: CBI Court Sentences Lalu Prasad Yadav To 5 Years Imprisonment In ₹139 Crore Doranda Treasury Case

A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Ranchi today sentenced former Chief Minister Of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav to five years' imprisonment and also imposed a ₹60 Lakh fine on him in the case of illegal withdrawal of 139.5 crores from Doranda Treasury.

On February 15, Special CBI Judge CK Shashi had convicted him in this fifth fodder scam case against him. An FIR in this matter was lodged in the year 1996 at Doranda police station in Ranchi. Later, the CBI had taken over the case.

Yadav has been convicted under Section 409, 420, 467, 468, 471 r/w 120B of IPC and Section 13(2) in The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Yadav is currently admitted in RIMS and the time of the announcement of the sentence, he took part in the court proceedings through video conferencing.

The fodder scam cases against Yadav date back to years from 1990 to 1996. As per the Prosecution, the CAG had sent scam-related information to the state government from time to time, but the government did not pay any heed.

The CBI presented documents to the effect that Lalu Yadav, who was then the Chief Minister of State, did not take any action in the matter despite knowing about the whole matter. It was alleged that for many years, he himself was also the finance minister of the state, and only on his approval, the base amount was withdrawn on the basis of fake bills.

This matter is the last of the five Fodder scam cases in which Lalu Yadav has been made an accused. In the remaining four cases, Lalu Yadav has been sentenced to seven years each in two separate cases of Chaibasa treasury, while five years in the case of illegal withdrawal from Dumka treasury and four years each in the case of illegal withdrawal from Deoghar treasury Is. In all four cases, Lalu Yadav has completed fifty percent of the sentence while serving the jail.