Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 11 (NT): The Jharkhand High Court has granted six-week provisional bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Prasad on medical grounds.

Earlier in the week, Lalu Prasad was granted a three-day parole to attend the wedding of his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on May 12.

Lalu, who has been found guilty in three fodder scam cases by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ranchi since December last year, was taking treatment at Rajendra Institute Medical Sciences (RIMS) here.

At present The RJD Superemo has been serving a jail term in Birsa Munda central jail, was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on March 29 for specialized treatment. On April 30, the AIIMS later referred Lalu to Rajendra Institute Medical Sciences .

In a most recent development Yoga Guru Ramdev visited Lalu Prasad at his home in Patna and congratulated him on being granted bail.

"I asked him to take proper care of himself by doing yoga," Ramdev Baba said. 

On Thursday, Lalu was granted a three-day parole by the Ranchi jail authorities to be present at the wedding of his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav.Prasad reached Patna late on Thursday evening where the wedding is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 12.