Patna: In the disproportionate asset case against Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and his wife and former Bihar chief minister wife Rabri Devi, a special CBI court will deliver its judgement on December 18.
CBI judge Munilal Paswan will be pronouncing the judgement in the disproportionate asset case, which was an off-shoot of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam.
The final arguments by the defence and prosecution had concluded on November 23 with CBI sticking to its charge that Lalu Prasad had accumulated wealth of over Rs 46 lakh—much disproportionate to his known sources of income between March 1990 and March 1997 when he was Bihar Chief Minister.
While 94 witnesses, including Brigadier R P Nautial, ex-Director General of CRPF A P Dorai and former speaker late Radhanandan Jha were presented for the defence, 132, including former CBI SP, Patna, V S K Kaumudi deposed for the prosecution.
The FIR in the case was registered on August 19, 1998 by the then CBI SP, Patna, V S K Kaumudi under sections 13(1) (e) of Prevention of Corruption Act.
The chargesheet was filed on April 4, 2000 for allegedly possessing assets worth Rs 46,26,827 disproportionate to his known sources of income. The then Chief Minister Rabri Devi too was made an accused for abetment under section 109 IPC read with section 13(1)(e) of Prevention of Curruption Act 1988.
Apart from the disproportionate asset case, Lalu's name figures in as many as six cases of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam.
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