SC's nod for Mishra's arrest in Bihar fodder scam

The Supreme Court on Friday gave a free hand to the Central Bureau of Investigation to execute the non-bailable arrest warrant against former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra, an accused in the Rs 9.5 billion fodder scam.

However, the court deferred the hearing on Mishra's special leave petition challenging the Patna high court judgment rejecting his bail plea.

A three-judge bench comprising Justices M K Mukherjee, S P Kurdukar and K T Thomas told Mishra's counsel Kapil Sibal that the apex court would hear the SLP after Mishra's surrender.

Earlier, the court rejected Mishra's application seeking exemption from surrendering before the trial court.

UNI