20/03/2015

Jagannath Mishra surrenders, sent to jail


Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Bihar chief minister Dr Jagannath Mishra was sent to Birsa Munda central jail on Thursday after he surrendered before the special CBI court in Ranchi on direction of Jharkhand high court.


A convict in one of the most important fodder scam cases Mishra was, however, shifted to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) for medical care as he is learnt to have been suffering from type II diabetes, cardiac problem, and urinary tract infection and recently has been diagnosed with blood cancer.


He suffered a brain stroke a few months before being convicted in September 2013.He has been undergoing treatment at Medanta, Gurgaon, and is also under supervision of medical experts of AIIMS, New Delhi.


The direction for proper treatment and medical care was given to the jail authorities by the court in its order.Mishra has been out on provisional bail within three weeks of conviction in September-October 2013 in the RC20A/96 case of fodder scam.


His counsel, Rakesh Jha, had filed an appeal in the Jharkhand high court against the conviction by special CBI court. Upon this the court of Justice D N Upadhyay had directed him to surrender before the subordinate court first following which the process of hearing on confirmation of bail is to start. Jha said that while hearing the petition for confirmation of bail, high court on December 18, 2014 extended the provisional bail till March 19, 2015 and directed Mishra to surrender by March 20.


The counsel said that Mishra has been convicted in only one case as all other cases of fodder scam pending against him were quashed by the high court.


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