The Jharkhand High Court extended today the provisional bail of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, convicted in four fodder scam cases, till August 27.

Granting the extension of the provisional bail, the bench of Justice Apresh Kumar Singh fixed August 24 as the date to hear the bail petition. Senior advocate Chitaranjan Sinha appeared for the RJD leader. The court had on August 10 extended the provisional bail till August 20 on medical grounds. The high court had on May 11 granted six weeks provisional bail to the RJD supremo on medical grounds and again extended it till August 14.