Laloo, Mishra to appear in court today

PATNA, Dec 6 (PTI) — Former Chief Ministers, Laloo Prasad Yadav and Mr Jagannath Mishra would be produced before a designated CBI court here in a conspiracy angle case of the fodder scam tomorrow, investigating agency sources said.

Former Bihar ministers Vidya Sagar Nishad, C.P. Verma and RJD MLA R.K. Rana, besides senior IAS officer Sajal Chakraborty, former Regional Director (AHD-Ranchi) S.B. Sinha, are among other accused who are likely to be produced before the Special Judge, Mr S.K. Lal, in the case, the sources said.

Mr Yadav, Mr Mishra, Mr Nishad and Mr Verma have already secured regular bail in the case (RC 20 (A)/96) which relates to fraudulent withdrawals of more than Rs 37 crore from Chaibasa Treasury by the state Animal Husbandry Department officials through "forged and fake" bills, the sources said.

They are at present lodged in judicial custody in the Beur jail in another conspiracy case (RC 64 A/96) which deals with fraudulent withdrawals of over Rs 97 lakh from Deoghar Treasury.

The Supreme Court has adjourned till December 18 the hearing on their petitions against the Patna High Court order denying bail to them in the case.