Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, June 8
A special court in Jharkhand’s Palamu has fined former Chief Minister of undivided Bihar and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav Rs 6,000 in a 13-year-old poll code violation case.
Lalu appeared in the court of judge Satish Kumar Munda and accepted that he violated the model code of conduct in 2009. He tendered an apology. Accepting the apology, Judge Munda imposed a fine of Rs 6,000, which was deposited on behalf of Prasad. Subsequently, the matter was disposed of.
“After hearing the petition of Former Bihar CM and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Court has imposed a fine of Rs 6000 on him. The case has been disposed and he is free of charges now. He does not need to come here again,” Lalu’s lawyer Dhirendra Kumar Singh said.
Last month, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed offence against Lalu Yadav, his wife, daughters and several others in the ‘land for railway job’ case’. The CBI conducted searches at 17 locations belonging to Lalu Yadav and his family members in Delhi and Bihar.
The alleged scam took place when Lalu was Railway Minister between 2004 to 2009.
