<p>The Jharkhand High Court today granted provisional bail to former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra, convicted in a fodder scam case, even as it gave time to CBI for arguments against a plea for similar relief moved by RJD chief Lalu Prasad serving a five-year sentence in the case.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Besides Mishra, who was sentenced to four years imprisonment, the Bench of Justice R R Prasad also granted bail to former legislator R K Rana, also convicted in the case, on medical grounds.<br /><br />Mishra was allowed to stay out till January eight for medical treatment and asked to surrender the next day.<br /><br />Mishra had been taken to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences after he fell ill after being convicted on September 30. A medical board later referred him to the AIIMS.<br /><br />Rana had been sentenced to five years in prison.<br /><br />"Defence arguments on Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail petition have been concluded. The Bench fixed October 30 for the CBI to argue," Prabhat Kumar, one of the counsels of Prasad said.<br /><br />The Bench adjourned the case to October 30 after hearing a bunch of petitions filed by fodder convicts, including Prasad.<br /><br />Lalu, Mishra and 43 others had on September 30 been convicted by the special CBI court of Pravas Kumar Singh in a fodder scam case pertaining to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore from Chaibasa Treasury.</p>
<p>The Jharkhand High Court today granted provisional bail to former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra, convicted in a fodder scam case, even as it gave time to CBI for arguments against a plea for similar relief moved by RJD chief Lalu Prasad serving a five-year sentence in the case.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Besides Mishra, who was sentenced to four years imprisonment, the Bench of Justice R R Prasad also granted bail to former legislator R K Rana, also convicted in the case, on medical grounds.<br /><br />Mishra was allowed to stay out till January eight for medical treatment and asked to surrender the next day.<br /><br />Mishra had been taken to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences after he fell ill after being convicted on September 30. A medical board later referred him to the AIIMS.<br /><br />Rana had been sentenced to five years in prison.<br /><br />"Defence arguments on Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail petition have been concluded. The Bench fixed October 30 for the CBI to argue," Prabhat Kumar, one of the counsels of Prasad said.<br /><br />The Bench adjourned the case to October 30 after hearing a bunch of petitions filed by fodder convicts, including Prasad.<br /><br />Lalu, Mishra and 43 others had on September 30 been convicted by the special CBI court of Pravas Kumar Singh in a fodder scam case pertaining to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore from Chaibasa Treasury.</p>