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The Delhi High Court connected Monday (January 5, 2026) sought effect of the CBI connected a plea by RJD person Lalu Prasad Yadav challenging an bid framing charges against him successful the alleged IRCTC scam case.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, however, refused to enactment the trial, astatine this stage, successful the case, and said it cannot bash truthful without going done the probe agency's reply.
The Court issued announcement to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) connected Mr. Yadav's petition and enactment application, and listed the substance for further proceeding connected January 14.
On October 13, 2025, the proceedings tribunal had framed charges against the accused persons — Lalu Prasad, his woman Rabri Devi, lad Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and 11 others — successful the lawsuit for the alleged offences of cheating, transgression conspiracy nether the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The erstwhile Union Railway Minister approached the High Court assailing the proceedings court's order.
The proceedings Court had made a scathing reflection that the onshore and stock transactions successful the lawsuit were "possibly an lawsuit of crony capitalism fostered successful the garb of eliciting backstage information successful the Railways' hotels astatine Ranchi and Puri."
Besides Lalu Yadav, the tribunal had framed charges against Pradeep Kumar Goel, Rakesh Saksena, Bhupendra Kumar Agarwal, Rakesh Kumar Gogia and Vinod Kumar Asthana nether Section 13(2) work with Section 13(1)(d)(ii) and (iii) of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.
Section 13 (2) deals with the punishment for transgression misconduct by a nationalist servant, and Section 13(1)(d)(ii) and (iii) with maltreatment of presumption by a nationalist servant to get favours.
The tribunal had besides directed that the complaint beryllium framed nether IPC conception 420 (cheating) against Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi, M/s LARA Projects LLP, Vijay Kochhar, Vinay Kochhar, Sarla Gupta, and Prem Chand Gupta.
"A communal complaint is directed to beryllium framed against each (14) accused nether conception 120B (criminal conspiracy) IPC work with conception 420 IPC and conception 13(2) work with conception 13(1)(d)(ii) and (iii) PC Act," the tribunal had said.
The maximum punishment nether the PC Act is 10 years, portion for cheating is 7 years.
