Special Judge Vishal Gogne granted the relief to the accused persons on a personal bond of Rs one lakh each
The Rouse Avenue Court of Monday granted bail to RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav and eight other accused, including his son Tej Pratap and Tejashwi Yadav, in the land-for-job scam. All the nine accused were granted bail noting that they were chargesheeted without arrest.
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Special Judge Vishal Gogne granted the relief to the accused persons on a personal bond of Rs one lakh each. The matter has been listed for the next hearing on October 25.
The accused appeared before the court in pursuance to summon issued to them by the court earlier.
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The judge had issued the summon after taking cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet against the accused persons.
The final report was filed before the court by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on August 6.
The ED filed its case based on an FIR lodged by the CBI.
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The case pertains to Group-D appointments made in West Central Zone of the railways based in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh during Prasad’s tenure as railway minister from 2004 to 2009 in return for land parcels gifted or transferred by the recruits in the name of the RJD supremo’s family or associates, the ED said.
(With agency inputs)
