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Fodder scam: No relief for Lalu as Jharkhand HC rejects his bail plea

Lalu is serving a five-year sentence after being convicted in a fodder scam case.

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In a setback for RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav,Jharkhand High Court on Thursday rejected his bail application in fodder scam case.

The court had on Wednesday reserved its order on the bail petition of Lalu

,who is serving a five-year sentence after being convicted in a fodder scam case.

The court had on October 25 granted provisional bail to another former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra.

Lalu,Mishra and 43 others were on September 30 convicted by the special CBI court Judge Pravas Kumar Singh in the fodder case involving fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore from Chaibasa Treasury during the Lalu-led RJD regime.

The CBI court had pronounced varying prison terms to the convicted on October 3.

Lalu and others have also moved the High court against the verdict.

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