Three years to five years rigorous imprisonment with fine to 23 accused in one of fodder scam cases

New Delhi, August 25, 2014: The Special Judge, CBI Cases, Ranchi (Jharkhand) has convicted 23 accused persons in one of the Fodder Scam Cases and sentenced Dr.K.M.Prasad, then AD (Planning) to undergo five years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Two lakh; Dr.Gauri Shankar Prasad, then DAHO, Chaibasa to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.One lakh;  Jai Kishan Prasad, then Budget Officer to undergo five years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Two lakh;  Krishna Mohan Prasad Sinha, then Budget Officer to undergo five years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Two lakh;  Suresh Kumar Dubey, a private person to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Two lakh; Vijay Kumar Mallick, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Forty Thousand;  Sanjay Sinha, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Twenty Five Thousand; Shri Rama Shankar Singh, a private person to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Eighy Thousand; Bijeshwari Prasad Sinha, a private person to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.1.5 Lakh; Ram Nandan Singh, a private person to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.1.25 lakh;  Tripurari Mohan Prasad, a private person to undergo five years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Ten lakh; Anil Kumar Sinha, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Twenty Thousand; Shyam Nandan Singh, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. Fifty Thousand; Md.Sayeed, a private person to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. Two lakh; Dr.Ajit Kumar Verma, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Thirty Thousand;  Nayan Ranjan, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. Twenty Five Thousand;  Mohinder Singh Bedi, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Fifty Thousand;  Ramesh Prasad, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Twenty Thousand;  Pradeep Nath Mahto, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Twenty Thousand;  Satyendra Kumar Mehra, a private person to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. One Lakh;  Jagmohan Lal Kakkar, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. Fifty Thousand;  Gajendra Kumar Kakkar, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. Fifty Thousand &  Om Prakash Pandey, a private person to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.Five Thousand.
He said that CBI had registered the case in 1996. It was alleged that the accused AHD officials of Ranchi & Chaibasa in criminal conspiracy with treasury officials and private suppliers had fraudulently withdrawn an amount of Rs.7,06,35,052 from Doranda (Jharkhand) Treasury on strength of forged & fabricated allotment letters, false supply bills raised by the accused suppliers either without effecting the supply of any material billed for or by making short supply during the period between 1985 to 1990.
After thorough investigation, CBI filed a charge sheet against 50 accused persons.  Out of 50 charge sheeted persons, fourteen died during trial, one pleaded guilty, one was made Approver and one accused person has been absconding.  Remaining 33 accused persons were facing trial. 23 out of 33 accused persons facing trial were convicted and 10 accused persons including four Treasury officials & six private persons have been acquitted.
This was 47th Fodder Scam case so far disposed off from Trial at Ranchi.

(SK Vyas/Jalandhar)