DUMKA TREASURY CASE: LALU’S BAIL APPLICATION ADJOURNED TO DEC 11

DUMKA TREASURY CASE: LALU’S BAIL APPLICATION ADJOURNED TO DEC 11

27th November, 2020

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to be in jail as the hearing of the bail application has been further extended, despite his bail being overdue. Today his bail application in the Jharkhand High Court in a case related to illegal withdrawal of Rs 3.13 Crore from the Dumka Treasury has been deferred till December 11  

Lalu has been undergoing treatment in custody at Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) for over two years. The fact that has been taken as a consideration for bail in the application is that he has already completed half of the seven-year sentence handed out to him in this case additionally with the health condition of RJD Chief it is pertinent to grant him bail.

The CBI, on the other hand, opposed the bail application, saying that he has not served a single day’s sentence in connection with the case related to Dumka treasury.