Overview

• Lalu Prasad Yadav has petitioned the Delhi High Court under Section 482 of the CrPC to quash the CBI's FIR and three chargesheets stemming from a 2022 land-for-jobs inquiry.
• His defence argued that the CBI launched the probe without the mandatory sanction under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, rendering all subsequent actions void.
• The CBI countered that it obtained the requisite sanction under Section 19 of the PC Act and accused Yadav of exchanging Group-D railway appointments for land parcels.
• The trial court merged the three chargesheets and took cognisance of the allegations on February 25, with a charge-framing hearing scheduled for June 2.
• The case centers on alleged appointments in the West Central Railway zone from 2004 to 2009 in return for land transfers to Yadav’s family members and associates.