Supreme Court's major order in Dularchand murder case: Mokama MLA Anant Singh to surrender by December 1

Mokama MLA Anant Singh has received a major setback from the Supreme Court in the Dularchand murder case. The Supreme Court has ordered Anant Singh to surrender and return to jail by December 1. A hearing was held in the Supreme Court on a petition to cancel Anant Singh's bail in the Dularchand Yadav murder case, in which the court took this significant decision.

A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B Varale gave this order during the hearing of the case. During the hearing, Anant Singh's lawyer informed the court that there is a wedding ceremony in his family on November 25. Considering this, the court has given him time until December 1, after which he will have to surrender and return to jail. Along with this, the Supreme Court has also directed the Bihar government to complete the investigation of this case in the next four months. The next hearing in this case will be held after the investigation is completed.

It is necessary to understand the background of this entire sequence of events. Dularchand Yadav was murdered on October 30, 2025, during the campaign for the Bihar Assembly elections. At that time, Anant Singh was contesting the election from Mokama on a JDU ticket. Dularchand Yadav was campaigning in support of Jan Suraaj Party candidate Piyush Priyadarshi. On October 30, 2025, during the election campaign, the convoys of both parties came face-to-face, and Dularchand Yadav died during this violence. Anant Singh was arrested in this matter and sent to jail. However, despite being in jail, he won the election. Subsequently, in March 2026, he was granted bail by the Patna High Court and he came out of jail.

Difficulties for Anant Singh have increased not only legally but also politically. On October 24, the JDU expelled Anant Singh and his wife Neelam Devi from the party. Anant Singh was constantly giving statements contrary to the party line and using inappropriate and insulting language for senior party leaders. Furthermore, he was campaigning against the party's candidate in the Legislative Council elections. JDU state president Umesh Kushwaha has issued this order and has also recommended to the Assembly Speaker to cancel Anant Singh's membership. His primary membership of the party has been cancelled with immediate effect and he has been expelled from the party for the next 6 years.

After being expelled from the party, government action against Anant Singh's family has also begun. The Building Construction Department of the Bihar government has given a notice to his wife Neelam Devi to vacate the government residence located at 1, Mall Road, Patna by November 25, 2026. After this notice, former Congress MLA Neetu Singh reached his residence to meet Anant Singh. In addition, on Monday morning, Neelam Devi was removed from the post of member of the 20-point committee and the status of Minister of State given to her was also withdrawn.

Some of Anant Singh's previous controversial statements have also been in the news. During the campaign for the Bihar MLC elections, he claimed that he had committed 9 murders for former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He said that when Nitish Kumar's political position was not strong and he was wandering here and there, he still stood by him. He further added that he had made sacrifices for the party and no one could make sacrifices like him. However, after some time, he clarified this statement, saying that he had made many sacrifices and nine of his men were killed during Lalu Yadav's regime because he supported Nitish Kumar.