LALU PROVISIONAL BAIL CANCELLED

The Jharkhand high court on Friday rejected the provisional bail of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, asking him to surrender by August 30.

The Jharkhand high court on Friday rejected ailing RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s plea for extension of provisional bail period for another three months and asked him to surrender by August 30.

Moving the court for the third extension of his provisional bail for continuing treatment at a superspecialty hospital in Mumbai, Prasad, who had undergone surgery for anal fistula, said his health condition has not improved as the infection continues. Rejecting his plea for further extension of bail, a bench of justice Aparesh Kumar Singh observed that Prasad’s current health condition is not life threatening.

“The treatment for post-fistula surgery can be availed here (in Ranchi) at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS),” the bench said and asked him to surrender by August 30.

Earlier, Prasad’s advocate Prabhat Kumar told the court that the former Bihar chief minister is currently undergoing treatment at the Asian Heart Institute in Mumbai as the infection persists even after the surgery.

Kumar told media the court said he can make a fresh application for provisional bail for the surgeries, when the time comes.