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Anand Mohan Sahay in Patna
The Patna high court on Thursday extended the interim bail of former Bihar chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav by three months in a disproportionate assets case related to the fodder scam.
Justice Shashank Kumar Singh said the Central Bureau of Investigation Judge S K Mishra, who is hearing Laloo's case, will have to send an explanation if the trial does not end within the bail period.
Earlier in May this year, when Yadav was busy with the marriage of his second daughter Rohini Acharya, the high court had extended his interim bail by three months.
Justice Singh noted that the trial had not been completed despite several extensions.
In 1999, a CBI special court had issued a non-bailable warrant against Laloo and his wife, Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi.
Rabri Devi, however, was granted bail, while Laloo was remanded to judicial custody.
The former Bihar chief minister is one of the main accused in the multi-million rupees fodder scam.
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