<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The special court of CBI of Ranchi is likely to pronounce its order in another case of fodder scam this afternoon. The case involves the illegal withdrawal of three crores 76 lakhs rupees from Dumka treasury. Speaking to media earlier today, Lalu Prasad's lawyer Anant Kumar said that they have moved a petition to make former Accountant General and some other officials also as accused under 319 of the CrPC.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">However, talking to AIR Correspondent, the Counsel for prosecution expressed ignorance on this the matter.The case is listed for Judgement today afternoon in the special court of CBI judge Shivpal Singh.It may be recalled that hearing was completed on March 5th. There are altogether 31 accused that have faced trials, although CBI has filed charge sheet against 48 persons.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>

<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">A Special CBI court in Ranchi will pronounce its judgment today in the fourth fodder scam case involving former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav. The hearing in the fodder case — relating to fraudulent withdrawals of 3.13 crore rupees from December 1995 to January 1996 from the Dumka treasury — was completed on March 5.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Besides Lalu Prasad, another former Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra and 30 others are accused in this case. Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted in the first fodder scam case in 2013 and awarded five years in jail. The RJD chief was convicted by a special CBI court in the second case on December 23, 2017, and awarded three-and-half years' imprisonment on January 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">He was convicted in the third case on January 24, related to fraudulent withdrawals from the Chaibasa treasury, and awarded a five-year jail term. The multi-million-rupee fodder scam surfaced in the 1990s when Lalu Yadav was Chief Minister of undivided Bihar. The probe was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation on Patna High Court's order.</div>