The Patna High Court has granted bail to JD(U) MLA Anant Singh in connection with the murder of Dular Chand Yadav during the Bihar election campaign last year.
Singh, who was arrested on November 1, was accused of orchestrating the killing and won the elections from Mokama while behind bars, defeating Veena Singh of RJD by over 28,000 votes.
A bench of Justice Rudra Prakash Mishra granted him bail on a bond of ₹15,000, with the condition that the petitioner will not tamper with the prosecution evidence or influence/intimidate any witness during the course of the trial.
Dular Chand Yadav was supporting the candidate of Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party in the elections and died due to cardiorespiratory failure caused by injury to the heart and lungs by a hard and blunt substance.
Mokama assembly seat has remained with Singh's family since 1990, except for a brief interlude.
