Supreme Court Setback For Anant Singh, Ordered To Surrender And Return To Jail By December 1

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has given a big blow to Mokama's powerful MLA Anant Singh and has ordered him to surrender by December 1 and return to jail. The court gave this instruction on Friday during the hearing on the petition challenging the bail granted by Patna High Court in the Dularchand Yadav murder case. Also, Bihar government has been asked to complete the investigation of the case within four months. The next hearing in the case will take place after the investigation is completed.

Justice MM Sundaresh and Justice Prasanna B in the Supreme Court. The lawyer appearing for Anant Singh before Varale's bench asked for some time, citing a marriage in the family on November 25. On this the court directed him to surrender by December 1 and return to jail.

Who challenged Anant Singh's bail?

Dularchand Yadav's grandson Neeraj Kumar had filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the March 19 bail order of the Patna High Court. The petitioner argued that the High Court did not give adequate consideration to Anant Singh's criminal history while granting him bail. He had demanded from the apex court to cancel the bail and send Anant Singh to jail again.

What did the state government say in the affidavit?

The Bihar government had filed its affidavit in the Supreme Court on October 24 in the case. In this, giving details of the cases registered against Anant Singh, his criminal history has been described as serious. According to the affidavit, a total of 62 cases are registered against him under serious sections like murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and Arms Act.

What instructions did the court give on September 29?

During the last hearing in this case held on September 29, the Supreme Court had made it clear to the parties concerned that the hearing on October 30 would not be postponed. At that time additional time was sought on behalf of Anant Singh to file the affidavit. Now during the hearing on Friday, the court fixed the deadline for surrender.

Did Anant Singh's problems increase after his expulsion from JDU?

Anant Singh's political troubles have also increased in recent times. During the MLC elections, he had campaigned against his own party's candidate Neeraj Kumar and sought votes in support of Jan Suraj Party's candidate Anuj Singh. After this, on October 24, JDU expelled Anant Singh and his wife and former MLA Neelam Devi from the party.

The next day the state government also removed Neelam Devi from the state-level 20-point committee. Being a member of this committee, she got the status of deputy minister and government accommodation. The government has given one month's time to vacate the house.

In this way, on one hand, Anant Singh will have to return to jail under the order of the Supreme Court, while on the other hand, his problems seem to be increasing at the political and government level.