Ranchi: The provisional bail of RJD president Lalu Prasad, who returned to Ranchi jail on Monday after his three-day parole ended, could not be processed today by the special CBI court as the order did not reach the court.
The Jharkhand High Court last week granted six-week provisional bail to Prasad on
medical grounds in the fodder scam cases he has been convicted in.
Authorities at the Birsa Mundal jail in Ranchi had separately given him a three-day parole on May 10 to attend his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav's wedding on May 12 in Patna. Travel time was not included in the parole duration and Prasad returned to the prison on Monday, a day after his parole ended.
The HC order has not reached the trial court, which would issue the release order after completing formalities, Prasad's lawyer Prabhat Kumar said.
The special CBI court is a morning court which ends at 12.30pm, while the HC is a day court, he said.