New Delhi: Delhi Rose Avenue court has granted bail to former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi in the CBI case of buying land as bribe in lieu of railway jobs. Along with them, the court granted bail to 14 other accused in the case. Bail was granted on a bond of Rs 50,000. The court also said that the CBI has filed the charge sheet without registering an arrest in the case. Top railway officials from when Lalu was Union minister are also accused in the case. Lalu Prasad Yadav and others have been charged with conspiracy, corruption and abuse of power. Lalu Prasad Yadav was the Railway Minister in the first UPA government from 2004 to 2009. The CBI alleged that during 2008-2009, Lalu Prasad Yadav had given railway jobs to 12 people and bought their land at a low price.
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