No relief for Lalu Prasad Yadav as Jharkhand HC rejects bail plea in fodder scam case

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court Friday rejected Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail application in a fodder scam case, dashing the RJD president's chance of immediate release from jail.Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh turned down Yadav's bail request in the Dumka treasury case, an offshoot of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam.The court said since the RJD supremo has to serve two more months in jail to complete half of the tenure of his total sentence in the case, the bail plea is not granted and asked him to file a fresh application after two months.Yadav has already acquired bail in three out of the four cases of the fodder scam in which he has been convicted andacceptance of his request in the case related to illegal withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury could havehelped him come out of the jail.He is in currently in AIIMS Delhi.