Overview
- Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh listed the CBI’s batch of appeals for final disposal on April 22 and said matters involving deceased respondents will be closed.
- The court remarked that the case files have been languishing and noted that many accused are now in their 60s, 70s, or 80s.
- Additional Solicitor General S V Raju argued the Jharkhand High Court illegally suspended sentence after conviction, pressing that post-conviction bail violated settled law and seeking sentence enhancement.
- Kapil Sibal, for Lalu Prasad Yadav, opposed urgency, saying some connected accused have not been served or filed replies.
- Lalu was convicted in fodder scam cases tied to Deoghar, Dumka and Chaibasa treasuries, including a 3.5-year sentence over an alleged ₹89 lakh Deoghar defalcation, with High Court sentence suspensions and bail granted between 2019 and 2021 in a scam totaling about ₹950 crore.