The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear the pleas filed by Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members challenging a trial court order in the alleged IRCTC hotel scam case. The matters are listed before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on January 19. The petitions contest the trial court’s order directing the framing of criminal charges related to corruption and criminal conspiracy.
Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, and Tejashwi Yadav have filed criminal revision petitions against the trial court’s order in the IRCTC hotel scam case. The Delhi High Court issued notice to the CBI on these petitions and an application seeking a stay on the trial court proceedings. Justice Sharma noted that the pleas should be heard together with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s petition.
Rabri Devi has argued in her plea that charges were framed against her based on presumptions without proper evaluation of the evidence. Tejashwi Yadav has also questioned the legality of the trial court order, stating that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case for charges. The trial court had earlier paved the way for the trial of Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav, and others under various sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
