Shivala Bhikhamsar vs Bablir Kumar Jatti And Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to discharge Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sajal Chakraborty, and Dr. Jagannath Mishra from charges related to the fodder scam, citing Article 20(2) of the Constitution and Section 300 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The Court emphasized that the accused could not be tried for multiple offences arising from the same ingredients of the case, as established in prior rulings including CBI, AHD, Patna v. Braj Bhushan Prasad & Ors. (2001) 9 SCC 432. The judgment clarified the jurisdiction of Special Judges under the Prevention of Corruption Act concerning the location of the main offence and its related conspiracies.