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Bihar: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the summons issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) asking him to appear for questioning in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader’s plea is listed for hearing tomorrow (Thursday) before Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma.
The CBI has, till now, issued three notices to Yadav. However, he is yet to appear for questioning.
The notices are dated February 28, March 4 and March 11.
The case pertains to alleged appointments made in the Railways in exchange for land transferred to Lalu Prasad’s family when he was the Union Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009.
CBI’s case is that the appointments made in the railways were not in consonance with the standards and guidelines established by the Indian Railways for hiring.
Later, charge-sheet was filed by CBI on October 10, 2022, against 16 people including Prasad’s wife Rabri Devi and their daughter.
In his plea, Yadav has argued that the notices have been issued in violation of Section 160 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) with mala fide intentions to harass him and that at the time of the alleged offence, he was a minor.
It has been stated that even though Yadav is a resident of Patna, he is being asked to appear for questioning in Delhi, which is contrary to the proviso to Section 160 of the CrPC.
The plea demands that the three notices issued to him be quashed. In the interim, it seeks stay on the notices.
An alternate prayer has been made to question Yadav either at his residence or through video-conferencing.
Earlier today, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court had granted bail to Tejashwi Yadav’s father and former union minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti in the same case.nor of the State of Gujarat had also concurred with the recommendation, the resolution stated.
As on March 1, 2023, the Gujarat High Court is functioning with 24 judges against the working strength of 52, a vacancy position of 28.
