Lalu Prasad Yadav to be tried for criminal conspiracy in Fodder scam case : Supreme Court
According to reports, the apex court bench led by Justice Arun Mishra set aside the High Court order which had said that the entire conspiracy in the fodder scam was one and upheld the CBI challenge against dropping of charges against Lalu Prasad.
Along with Lalu, Jagannath Mishra and former top bureaucrat Sajal Chakraborty will also face trial in the case.
The apex court also ordered that the trial court complete the trial within nine months.
Lalu Prasad's RJD is the main partner in the three-party coalition Government in Bihar that is headed by Nitish Kumar.
Lalu Prasad has already been convicted by trial court and sentenced to 5 years jail term in Chaibasa treasury withdrawal case connected to the fodder scam.
For him he conviction in 2013 invited a ban on running for office.
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