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The
Special Judge, CBI, Ranchi (Jharkhand) has today sentenced 37 accused persons
in one of the Fodder Scam Cases to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment from four to
five years with fine ranging from Rs.Two Lakhs to Rs.1.5 crore in one of the
Fodder Scam cases.
The
remaining 37 accused including Shri Lalu Prasad, the then Chief Minister
& Finance Minister, Govt of Bihar to undergo five years Rigorous
Imprisonment with a fine of Rs.25 lakhs; Dr Jagannath Mishra, the then MLA
& Leader of Opposition, Bihar Vidhan Sabha to undergo four years RI with
a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs ; Shri Jagdish Sharma, the then MLA & Chairman of
Public Accounts Committee to undergo four years RI with a fine of Rs.5 lakhs;
Shri R.K. Rana, the then MLA to undergo five years RI with a fine of
Rs.30 lakhs; Shri Phool Chand Singh, IAS, the then Finance Commissioner, Shri
Mahesh Prasad & Shri Beck Julius, IAS, both the then Secretaries,
AHD, Govt. of Bihar, all three to undergo four years RI with a fine of
Rs.2 lakhs; Shri Adhip Chandra Choudhary, IRS, the then Commissioner, Income
Tax, Ranchi to undergo four years RI with a fine of Rs.3 lakhs; Dr. Kirti
Narayan Jha, the then Regional Director, AHD, Ranchi to undergo five years RI
with fine of Rs.1.5 crore; Dr. Krishna Mohan Prasad, the then Assistant
Director, AHD, Ranchi to undergo five years RI with fine of Rs.1.5 crore;
Shri Silas Tirkey, the then Treasury Officer, Chaibasa to undergo five years RI
with fine of Rs.20 lakh; Braj Nandan Sharma, then District Animal Husbandry
Officer, Ranchi to undergo five years RI with fine of Rs.1.5 crore; Mukesh
Kumar Srivastva, then Asstt Poultry Officer, Chaibasa to undergo five years
RI with fine of Rs.1.5 crore; Gaya Prasad Tripathi, then M.V.O, Ranchi to
undergo five years RI with fine of Rs.1.5 crore; Arjun Sharma, then Asstt
Poultrry Officer, Chaibasa to undergo five years RI with fine of Rs.1.5
crore; Braj Bhusan Prasad, then Budget & Accounts Officer, Patna to
undergo five years RI with fine of Rs.1.5 crore; Gauri Shankar Prasad, then
D.A.H.O, AHD, Ranchi to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs.5 lakh and
suppliers i.e Ajit Kumar Verma, Prop. M/s Little oak Pharmaceuticals,
Kolkata to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs.15 lakh; Ravi Shankar Sinha,
Prop. M/s A Traders, East Patal Nagar, Patna to undergo four years RI with
fine of Rs.15 lakh; Tripurari Mohan Prasad, Prop. M/s Bihar Surgico &
Partner M/s Manas Sales Corporation to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs.
30 lakh; Sushil Kumar, M/s Samarpan Vet & Partner Samarpan House, Patna
to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs. 30 lakh; Md Sayeed, Partner M/s
Chotanagpur Cattle food Supply Co, Ranchi to undergo four years RI with fine
of Rs. 5 lakh; Md Snaul Haque, Partner M/s Chotanagpur Cattle food Supply Co,
Ranchi to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs.5 lakh; Md Ekram,M/s
Chotanagpur Cattle Supply Co, Ranchi to undergo four years RI
with fine of Rs. 5 lakh; Md Huuian,M/s Chotanagpur Cattle food Supply Co,
Ranchi to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs. 5 lakh; Md Touheed, Prop M/s
Shaad & Co, Ranchi to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs. 20 lakh;
Vijay Kumar Mallik, Prop, M/s Mallik Enterprises, Delh to undergo four years
RI with fine of Rs. 20 lakh; Mahendra Singh Bedi, Prop. M/s Semex Cryogenics,
New Delhi to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs. 15 lakh; Harish
Kumar,Partner M/s Asian Breeders, Palam, New Delhi to undergo four years RI
with fine of Rs. 3 lakh; Rajan Mehta, Manager, M/s Asian Breeders, Palam, New
Delhi to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs. 3 lakh; Ajay Kumar Sinha,
Prop. M/s Meeta Pharma, Patna to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs. 5
lakh; Sanjay Sinha, Prop. M/s Sanjay Sinha, Ranchi to undergo four years RI
with fine of Rs. 3 lakh; Satendra Kumar Mehra, Prop, M/s Vishal Entrprises,
Ranchi to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs. 15 lakh; Rabindra Kumar
Mehra, Prop M/s Arke Enterprises, Ranchi to undergo four years RI with fine
of Rs.5 lakh; Sunil Gandhi, Prop M/s Magadh Distributors, Patna to undergo
four years RI with fine of Rs. 3 lakh; Dayanand Prasad Kashyap, Partner M/s
Baishnav Enterprises, Ranchi to undergo four years RI with fine of Rs. 3
lakh; Mahendra Prasad, Defacto Prop M/s S R enterprises, Nalanda, Bihar to
undergo four years RI with fine of Rs. 2 lakh.
The
CBI had registered this case on 27.03.1996 in compliance with direction on
19.03.1996 of Hon'ble Supreme Court of India and took over the investigation
of the case which was earlier registered by Chaibasa Police Station (Bihar)
vide Case No.12/1996 dated 20.02.1996.
After
thorough investigation, chargesheet in this case was filed on 23.06.1997
against 56 accused persons, including then Chief Minister; then MLA, then
Cabinet Ministers; IAS Officers; officials of AHD(All of Bihar Govt); IRS
Officer; private suppliers & others, alleging fraudulent withdrawal of an
amount of Rs.37.70 crores(approx.) from Chaibasa Treasury during the
financial year 1994-1995 on the basis of forged & fabricated allotment
letters and spurious bills, raised either without effecting the supply of any
materials viz Vet. Medicines, Instruments (Artificial Insemination Ket),
Yellow Maize and Ground Nut cake etc to District Animal Husbandry Officer of
Chaibasa.
Out
of a total of 56 chargesheet persons, 07 (Seven) persons i.e the then
Regional Director; the then Director, AHD, Patna; the then Manager of Cattle
Farm, Saraikela; two then both Cabinet Ministers; two suppliers expired
during trial. Two accused i.e one supplier and one then Administrative
officer of Animal Husbandry Department Patna were granted pardon after they
disclosed the material evidence and were taken as approvers. One accused
namely Pramod Kumar Jaiswal, Supplier confessed and was convicted during the
trial of the case. One accused, then Dy. Commissioner of West
Singhbhum Chaibasa was discharged by the Hon’ble Jharkhand High Court on the
ground of his conviction in another case for similar charges for the
preceding financial year.
The
Trial Court held guilty all the remaining 45 accused persons facing trial U/s
120-B, 420,467,468,477A IPC & 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the PC Act 1988
and sentenced eight accused persons viz. Vidya Sagar Nishad, the then Cabinet
Minister, AHD, Govt. Of Bihar; Dhruv Bhagat, the then MLA & Chairman
Public Accounts Committee; K.Arumugam, IAS, the then Secretary, AHD, Govt. Of
Bihar and private persons i.e Smt. Bimla Sharma; Smt. Madhu Mehta; Smt. Shiv
Kumar Devi; Shri Sunil Kumar Sinha & Rajesh Verma to undergo three
years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine ranging between Rs.50,000/- to Rs.5
lakhs on 30.09.2013.
The
remaining 37 accused persons have been sentenced today.
This
is 45th Fodder Scam Case having been disposed off from trial at Ranchi.
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