Powerful leader and former Mokama MLA Anant Singh has come out of Beur jail in Patna. He came out of jail at around 5.00 am on Friday morning. Talking to the media after coming out of jail in an ambulance, he said that we got justice and it feels good to be out of jail.
On Wednesday itself, he got a big relief from Patna High Court and he was acquitted in the AK-47 case due to lack of evidence. In this case, the Civil Court of Patna had sentenced him to 10 years in jail a few years ago under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
As soon as the High Court’s decision came on Wednesday, there was a wave of happiness among the supporters of MLA Anant Singh. During this time, one of his enthusiastic supporters even fed his horse with anger. Its video is also viral on social media.
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Earlier, during the Lok Sabha elections, he was given parole in the month of May and he came out on parole for 15 days. During this time, he had also campaigned for JDU’s Lalan Singh in his area and claimed that Lalan Singh would win by 4 lakh votes. Anant Singh has been MLA from Mokama for four consecutive terms but was disqualified after being convicted.
Were held guilty in this case
Anant Singh had received this punishment in the 2019 case. In the year 2019, the police had raided Anant Singh’s house. After this raid that lasted for hours, the police had claimed that AK-47 was recovered from Anant Singh’s house. In this famous case, Anant Singh had absconded for several days. Anant Singh surrendered in Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court after dodging the Bihar Police for three-four days. The court declared him guilty in the year 2022. After this he approached the High Court against the sentence and now the High Court has acquitted him in this case due to lack of evidence.
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Anant Singh was once very close to Nitish
Anant Singh, who was once very special to Nitish Kumar, later started moving away from the CM due to political reasons. Once he honored Nitish Kumar by weighing him with silver coins. Anant Singh had become a rebel just before the 2015 assembly elections. He contested the elections as an independent candidate from Mokama seat and defeated JDU spokesperson Neeraj Kumar while in jail. At one time Anant’s harsh comments were in the news. The relationship between Anant and Nitish has also been full of ups and downs.