The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear on April 10 a plea by RJD chief Lalu Prasad seeking bail in three cases related to multicrore fodder scam in which he has been convicted.
A Bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the CBI to file its counter by April 9 and said Mr. Prasad’s bail plea would be taken up for hearing next Wednesday.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo, sought urgent listing of the bail plea saying notice had been issued in the matter.
“You [the CBI] file the reply by April 9. We will take up the matter on April 10,” the Bench said.
In the last hearing, Mr. Prasad submitted that he was in jail for 22 months after his conviction in three cases.
“How can I be convicted three times for the same offence?” Mr. Sibal had asked the court.