<p>Ranchi (Jharkhand), DHNS: The Special CBI judge on Saturday convicted former chief minister Lalu Prasad, while acquitting the other former chief minister Dr Jagannath Mishra in the much-awaited Fodder scam case.</p>.<p>Lalu was taken into custody and sent to jail. The quantum of punishment for Lalu and other convicts will be pronounced on January 3.</p>.<p>Seventeen out of 22 accused were convicted, while four, apart from Mishra, were let off.</p>.<p>The judgement was much awaited due to the involvement of two chief ministers and six retired bureaucrats.</p>.<p>The case is related to the fraudulent withdrawal of around Rs 90 lakh from the Deogarh treasury.</p>.<p>While 38 people were originally named accused in the case, 12 died during trial, two turned approvers and two pleaded guilty.</p>.<p>The case has reached its conclusion 21 years after the scam was unearthed.</p>.<p>Lalu was earlier convicted and jailed in another fodder scam case on September 13, 2013.</p>.<p>The conviction got him five years' imprisonment, disqualification from the Lok Sabha and a ban on contesting elections for six years after his jail term ends.</p>.<p>However, the Supreme Court granted him bail in December 2013.</p>.<p>The trial against Lalu was revived this year after the apex court restored corruption charges, and on May 8 asked the lower court to separately try the accused in Deoghar treasury case RC 64A/96 and complete the hearing within nine months.</p>
<p>Ranchi (Jharkhand), DHNS: The Special CBI judge on Saturday convicted former chief minister Lalu Prasad, while acquitting the other former chief minister Dr Jagannath Mishra in the much-awaited Fodder scam case.</p>.<p>Lalu was taken into custody and sent to jail. The quantum of punishment for Lalu and other convicts will be pronounced on January 3.</p>.<p>Seventeen out of 22 accused were convicted, while four, apart from Mishra, were let off.</p>.<p>The judgement was much awaited due to the involvement of two chief ministers and six retired bureaucrats.</p>.<p>The case is related to the fraudulent withdrawal of around Rs 90 lakh from the Deogarh treasury.</p>.<p>While 38 people were originally named accused in the case, 12 died during trial, two turned approvers and two pleaded guilty.</p>.<p>The case has reached its conclusion 21 years after the scam was unearthed.</p>.<p>Lalu was earlier convicted and jailed in another fodder scam case on September 13, 2013.</p>.<p>The conviction got him five years' imprisonment, disqualification from the Lok Sabha and a ban on contesting elections for six years after his jail term ends.</p>.<p>However, the Supreme Court granted him bail in December 2013.</p>.<p>The trial against Lalu was revived this year after the apex court restored corruption charges, and on May 8 asked the lower court to separately try the accused in Deoghar treasury case RC 64A/96 and complete the hearing within nine months.</p>
