Observing That it would not like to commit another “mistake”, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected an anticipatory bail plea of controversial RJD MP Sadhu Yadav, who faces an arrest warrant in a forgery case.
Sadhu, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's brother-in-law, is accused of forging certain documents in connection with the sale and purchase of a vehicle in his bid to divert Bihar flood relief scam booty. The court even observed that the forgery was a part of a huge racket.
On behalf of Sadhu, senior counsel Sushil Kumar submitted that the forgery case was an offshoot of the flood relief scam case and since he had already been granted anticipatory bail by the apex court in the main case, he was entitled to a similar relief in this case too. Rejecting his plea, the Bench said, “We committed a mistake. We do not want to repeat it.” A Bench of Justice S. B. Sinha and Justice Markandeya Katju has asked him to approach the trial court for a regular bail. Now Sadhu has only two options – surrender before the trial court or be arrested by the state police.
Source- HT, Dated, December-02,2006
