Anant Singh must surrender by December 1, orders Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has directed expelled JD(U) MLA Anant Singh to surrender by December 1 in the Dular Chand Yadav murder case. It also ordered Bihar Police to complete the investigation within four months while hearing a plea seeking cancellation of Singh's bail

New Delhi: In a setback to expelled JD(U) MLA Anant Singh, the Supreme Court on Friday directed him to surrender on or before December 1 in connection with the murder of Dular Chand Yadav.

Singh, who was arrested on November 1 last year for allegedly orchestrating the killing in October 2025 in Bihar, was granted bail by the Patna High Court on March 19 this year.

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A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Prasanna B Varale passed the order while hearing a petition seeking cancellation of the bail granted to Singh.

The bench directed the Bihar Police to complete the investigation into the case within four months.

It posted the matter for further hearing after four months.

Recently, the JD(U) expelled Mokama MLA Anant Singh and former legislator Neelam Devi for six years over alleged anti-party activities.

Singh, a don-turned-politician, had virtually revolted against the JD(U) when he started campaigning for Jan Suraaj Party candidate Anuj Singh in the recent Bihar Legislative Council elections.

Yadav, who was known to be at odds with Singh, was supporting Priyadarshi Piyush, who was fielded by Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections from Mokama.

Yadav was killed while campaigning for Piyush in Mokama on October 30 last year.

According to Yadav’s postmortem report, he died of cardiorespiratory failure due to shock caused by injuries to the heart and lungs inflicted by a hard and blunt object, police had said earlier.

During Friday’s hearing, the counsel appearing for the petitioner said a senior citizen had been murdered in broad daylight.

The lawyer argued that Yadav’s only fault was that he was campaigning for a rival political party.

“I (petitioner) am here for cancellation of bail,” she said, adding that the petitioner was the grandson of the deceased.

The lawyer argued that the High Court had noted in its order that several criminal cases against Singh stemmed from political rivalry.

The counsel appearing for Singh said two persons had been granted anticipatory bail, while two others had been granted regular bail in the case.

He said the investigation was yet to be completed.

When the bench observed that it was inclined to direct Singh to surrender, his lawyer said Singh’s daughter was getting married on November 25.

“Give me at least four weeks’ time to surrender. I will surrender after that. Let the marriage get over,” Singh’s counsel said.

The counsel appearing for Bihar said the state had filed a counter-affidavit detailing the status of the investigation.

The bench observed that the High Court was wrong in stating that Singh’s criminal antecedents had arisen out of political rivalry.

The apex court directed Singh to surrender on or before December 1.

“The investigation shall be completed within a period of four months from today,” it said.