RANCHI, Mar 24:
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was today sentenced to 14 years in jail and fined Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court in connection with the fourth fodder scam case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from Dumka treasury in the early 1990s, a CBI counsel said here.
CBI judge Shiv Pal Singh awarded two separate sentences of seven years each to Prasad under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Acts, counsel Rakesh Prasad said.
Both the sentences will have to be served consecutively, he added.
Advocate Vishnu Sharma, while explaining the court’s decision, said, “Lalu Prasad has been sentenced to seven years in prison under IPC Sections 420 (cheating), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged), 477 (fraudulent cancellation, destruction of will or valuable security) and 120B (punishment of criminal conspiracy), and penalised Rs 30 lakh.
“He was awarded another seven-year jail term and slapped with a fine of Rs 30 lakh under the Prevention of Corruption Act…Both the sentences will run consecutively.”
For default or non-payment of fine, the convict would have to spend one more year in prison for each of the two sets of sections, Sharma said.
The court also pronounced the quantum of sentence for 18 other convicts in the case. (PTI)
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