New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday granted bail to jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad, over two months after he was convicted by a Ranchi court in a corruption case and sentenced to five years jail.
A bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi, while granting bail to the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief, noted that similarly situated other accused in the fodder scam case have already been granted bail.
Of the 44 accused in the case, 37 have already been granted bail while bail pleas of six others are under consideration of the trial court. Lalu Prasad is the only one whose bail plea was rejected by the lower courts. The apex court also noted that of the five years’ jail awarded, he has already undergone one year of the sentence in two phases, which included incarceration for 10 months during the course of trial.IANS
