Land-for-job scam: Delhi court grants bail to Lalu, Rabri, Misa

The Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi on Wednesday granted regular bail to former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, and their daughter Misa Bharti, as well as other accused in connection with the alleged land-for-job scam.

While granting regular bail on Wednesday, Special Judge Geetanjali Goel noted that the Central Bureau of Investigation had not arrested any of the accused in the case and that the charge-sheet had been filed without arrests. The Court ordered that each accused provide a Rs 50,000 personal bail bond and a similar amount as surety.

The case will be heard again on 29 March. Lalu Yadav was seen arriving in a wheelchair at the Rouse Avenue Court. Three months ago, the former Chief Minister of Bihar underwent a kidney transplant in Singapore.

Advocate Mudit Jain, who appeared on behalf of several accused in the case, stated that the CBI chose not to arrest the accused , which is the evidence of their cooperation.

In its charge-sheet filed in connection with the alleged land-for-job scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) stated that irregular appointments of candidates were made in Central Railway, which was the violation of the norms and procedures of Indian Railways for recruitment.

According to the CBI, the candidates sold land to the family members of Lalu Prasad Yadav (then Union Railway Minister) at threw away rates.