Jagannath Mishra`s provisional bail extended

Jharkhand High Court on Friday extended duration of the provisional bail granted to fodder scam convict and ex-Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra till March 26.

Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court on Friday extended duration of the provisional bail granted to fodder scam convict and ex-Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra till March 26.

The bench of Justice R R Prasad allowed the extension plea petitioned by Mishra on medical ground.

Mishra, who was granted provisional bail on October 25 last year till January 8 on medical ground, is now under treatment at a hospital in Delhi.
Along with another ex-Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and 43 others, Mishra was convicted in the RC20 A/96 case on September 30.

He was sentenced to four years in prison by a special CBI court on October 3.

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