It seems Monday is the day for verdicts. Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi were acquitted by a court on Monday on charges of corruption and amassing illegal wealth.
However, Lower court judge Munilal Paswan said in Patna the couple was not guilty "for lack of evidence".
"Justice has been done," Yadav said. "We are grateful to the judiciary and god," he added.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, had said that during his tenure as chief minister of Bihar from 1990-1996, Yadav acquired cash and assets worth at least 4.6 million rupees ($103,000), way beyond his known income.
His wife had been charged with abetting the crime.
Yadav is facing several other corruption cases relating to his tenure as the chief minister. The CBI has the option of challenging the verdict before a higher court.
Earlier this month, a former union minister was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to kidnap and murder his former aide. Shibu Soren quit his post of coal minister when the court handed him a guilty verdict.
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