SC extends Laloo Yadav8217;s interim bail

The bench in its common order said, 8220;The bail of the accused will continue under the same terms and conditions for a further period of three months.8221;

The bench had while granting interim bail on January 7 asked the accused to be present in the trial court on each and every hearing and warned the accused not to induceor threaten any of the witnesses in the fodder scam cases.

Appearing for CBI, additional solicitor general C.S. Vaidyanathan submitted that Laloo Prasad Yadav, R K Rana, Braj Bhusan Prasad and Chandradeo Prasad Verma were indulging in delaying tactics in the trial court and their interim bail should be cancelled.

But, the court said CBI needed to file proper applications for the same. Vaidyanathan said it would file them soon. The bench also issued notice to the CBI on the petitions filed by six other persons who are also accused in the fodder scam, and asked the agency to file a reply on it within two weeks. Former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra was granted regular bail by the Supreme Court on December 18.