PATNA, March 19 -- The Patna high court on Thursday granted bail to JD(U) MLA and muscleman from Mokama, Anant Singh, who has been in jail after being booked for the murder of Dularchand Yadav, also a muscleman and former politician, during the Bihar assembly election campaign in October last year.

Singh is likely to be released from the Beur jail on Friday.

Yadav was allegedly shot and then run over by a vehicle on October 30, 2025, while he was canvassing for a Jan Suraaj Party candidate pitted against Singh. The incident occurred at the spot near Tartar village falling under the Bhadaur police station area of Mokama assembly constituency.

Later, the post-mortem report revealed that he died of cardiorespiratory failure due to shock c...