AMN / RANCHI
Jharkhand High Court today sought the medical reports of jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad from AIIMS-Delhi, where he is undergoing treatment. The court was hearing his interim bail plea on medical grounds in fodder scam cases.
Justice Apresh Kumar Singh fixed 4th of next month as the next date of hearing Lalu’s bail petition.
Lalu Prasad is lodged in Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Central Jail since December 23 after being convicted in the Deoghar treasury case. He was admitted to AIIMS in New Delhi on March 29 after a Special CBI court allowed him to seek specialised treatment at the premier institute.
Before that, he was admitted to Rajendra Institute of Medical Science in Ranchi on March 17 after he complained of uneasiness at Birsa Munda jail.
The former Bihar chief minister has been convicted in four fodder scam cases since 2013 – the latest being the Dumka treasury case, in which a special CBI court sentenced him to 14 years of imprisonment.