The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday granted bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi and Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav in a case pertaining to land-for-jobs scam in the Indian Railways.
The bail orders were passed by special CBI Judge Geetanjali Goel who cited a Supreme Court judgment that says that if an accused was either not arrested consciously by the prosecution or arrested and enlarged on bail, there is no need for further arrest at the instance of the court.
“.... in cases where the investigating agency has not exercised the power of arrest, there is no need for further arrest at the instance of the Court. As such, when the accused is charge sheeted without arrest, there would be no need for arrest at the instance of the Court. Further there is nothing to show that the accused are a flight risk. The charge-sheet has already been filed,” the bail order reads.
