The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the bail granted to Mokama MLA Anant Singh in the Dularchand Yadav murder case and directed him to surrender before the authorities on or before December 1, IANS reported. A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Prasanna B. Varale also gave Bihar Police four months to complete the investigation.

Source: IANS via HiIndia

This is a major new development in a case this newsroom has followed through earlier stages — Singh's arrest in November 2025, his expulsion from the JD(U), and disqualification moves against him. Friday's order reverses, for now, the relief he had received from the Patna High Court, which granted him bail on March 19, 2026.

The plea against bail

The directions came on a plea filed by Niraj Kumar, grandson of the deceased, challenging the bail granted by the Patna High Court. The petition argued that Singh's criminal antecedents had not been duly considered while deciding his bail application, according to the reports. Counsel for Singh told the court that a wedding was scheduled in his family on November 25, and the bench directed him to surrender by December 1 after taking note of that submission, Patna Press reported.

Source: Patna Press

Reports of the hearing said the court observed that it would be wrong to view a murder case merely as a political dispute, and noted that the investigation is still under way and witnesses are yet to be examined at trial.

The 2025 killing in Mokama

Dularchand Yadav, a Jan Suraaj Party supporter and former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader, was killed on October 30, 2025, in Basawanchak village under the Ghoswari police station area of Mokama, during campaigning for the Bihar Assembly elections, when the convoys of the two sides came face to face. Police said an SUV allegedly ran over Yadav, leading to his death on the spot; his family members alleged that he was first shot and then run over. Those conflicting accounts remain allegations under investigation and have not been established as fact.

Police identified Anant Singh as the prime accused and arrested him on the night of November 1, 2025; he was sent to judicial custody on November 2, 2025. Singh, who contested the Mokama Assembly seat on a JD(U) ticket, remained in custody during the election. The investigation must now be completed within the four months set by the Supreme Court, after which the matter will be taken up again.