Lalu Yadav moved to High Court against his conviction
Ranchi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, moved Jharkhand High Court on Thursday against the CBI Court’s judgement which found him guilty in fodder scam.
The RJD chief, who has been ordered rigorous imprisonment for five years by the CBI Court, appealed against the verdict through his counsel and also sought bail.
The Lower Court had pronounced varying prison sentences between three and five years, besides imposing fines in the RC (regular case) 20A/96 case.
Eight of the convicts got bail by the CBI Court the day when they were convicted. Yadav is also facing charges in four other fodder cases—-RC 38A/96, RC 47A/96, RC 64A/96 and RC 68A/96.
Out 53 cases lodged by the CBI in the Rs 950 crore Animal Husbandry Department scam, popularly known as fodder scam, 45 cases were ended in convictions by different CBI Courts.
