PATNA, Nov 13: The CBI designated court today, extended by another two weeks, the judicial remand of former Bihar Chief Ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra in a conspiracy angle case of the multicrore fodder scam.Special CBI Judge S K Lal, asked Beur jail authorities to produce RJD President Yadav and Bihar Jan Congress chief patron Mishra before his court on November 27, for routine attendance in the case.
However, the two leaders were not produced before the court today, on account of illness.
Jail authorities informed the court that Yadav and Mishra were ill and doctors attending them at the sub-jail at BMP guest house, where they are lodged in judicial custody, had advised them bed rest. While Yadav was reported to be suffering from backache and muscular pain, Mishra was down with fever and stomach problems.
Lal also extended till November 27, judicial remand of former Bihar ministers Vidya Sagar Nishad, C P Verma and RJD MLA R K Rana.
Meanwhile, Yadav and Mishra today filedSpecial Leave Petitions (SLP) in the Supreme Court, seeking bail in the fodder scam conspiracy cases and challenging a Patna High Court Order rejecting their bail plea.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice A S Anand, Justice V N Khare and Justice M Srinivasan, fixed November 2O for the hearing of the SLP filed by Mishra. Yadav's SLP, his counsel B B Singh said, may be tagged along with Mishra's petition for hearing on the same day.
Nishad, Verma and Rana were produced before the CBI designated court today, following production of warrants against them in the case.
The case (RC 64 (A)/96) relates to fraudulent withdrawals of more than Rs 97 lakhs from the Deoghar treasury by the State Animal Husbandry Department officials, through forged and fake bills.
The special court had, after rejecting their prayers for regular bail on October 30, remanded them to judicial custody till today. Patna High Court had on Tuesday rejected petitions against a special court order denyingbail to Yadav, Mishra and others in the case.
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