Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the bail petition of former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with the Doranda Treasury Case of the Fodder Scam. The court of Justice Apresh Kumar Singh later fixed April 1 as the next date for hearing in the case.
Further, the court has sought detailed information over the case from the lower court. The court has also issued notice to the CBI and has
asked the agency to give a reply over the matter by April 1. A special CBI court on February 21 had awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment to Lalu Yadav in case number RC 47 A/96 which is related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 139.35 from Doranda Treasury of unified Bihar in the 1990s.