Land-for-job scam: Delhi court gives bail to Lalu, Rabri & daughter Misa Bharti

A Delhi court on Wednesday gave bail to RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi their daughter Misa Bharti and others in connection with a case related to the alleged landforjob scamLalu Prasad 74 who underwent a kidney transplant recently and was in a wheelchair reached the Rouse Avenue court around 10 am but proceedings were delayed The family appeared before Special Judge Geetanjali Goel around 11 amGranting relief to the accused on a personal bond of Rs 50000 and one surety of the like amount each the court posted the matter for further proceedings on March 29The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI did not oppose the bail pleasThe case relates to alleged appointments made in the railways in return for land parcels gifted or sold to Lalu Prasads family when he was railway minister between 2004 and 2009The CBI in its charge sheet alleged that irregular appointments were made in the railways violating laid down norms and procedures of Indian Railways for recruitmentAs a quid pro quo it alleged the candidates directly or through their immediate relatives and family members sold land to Lalu Prasads family members at highly discounted rates up to onefifth of the prevailing market ratesOn February 27 special judge Goel issued summons to the accused persons including Lalu Prasad Rabri Devi and Misa Bharti and directed them to appear before the court on March 15Also read Pakistan rangers fire live bullets on people as clashes continue outside former PM Imran Khanrsquos residence in LahoreA perusal of the charge sheet and the documents and material on record prima facie shows commission of offences under Section 120B criminal conspiracy read with sections 420 cheating 467 forgery of valuable security will etc 468 forgery for purpose of cheating and 471 using forged document as genuine of the IPC and various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act Accordingly cognizance is taken of the said offences the judge had saidThe judge noted that the charge sheet was filed without arrest except in the case of one person who is on bail at presentIn July 2022 the CBI arrested Bhola Yadav who was officer on special duty OSD to Lalu Prasad when he was railway minister in the caseThe charge sheet was filed on October 10 last year for offences of criminal conspiracy and corruption against 16 accused personsThe final report also named former general manager of Central Railway Sowmya Raghavan former CPO Railways Kamal Deep Mainrai seven aspirants appointed as substitutes and four private individualsAccording to the charge sheet the case was registered pursuant to the outcome of a preliminary inquiry against Lalu Prasad and othersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever