Girdhari Yadav, a resident of Banka district, Bihar, challenged a show cause notice and a subsequent order passed by the District Magistrate, Banka under Section 3(3) of the Bihar Crime Control Act, 2024, which declared him an 'anti-social element' and directed him to mark attendance at Barahat Police Station from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM every day until the completion of Bihar Assembly elections. The petitioner argued that he did not fall within the statutory definition of 'anti-social element' under Section 2(b) of the BCC Act, that the order was passed without any material evidence of likelihood to disturb public peace, that requiring him to attend a police station 40 km away for seven hours daily violated his fundamental right to livelihood and personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution, and that the BCC Rules only permitted a once-daily attendance requirement at the nearest police station. The State defended the order on the grounds that the petitioner was accused in two criminal cases, had allegedly been meeting persons of suspicious conduct after bail, and posed a threat to public order during the upcoming festivals and elections. The High Court examined the nature of the two cases (offences against human body and property under the BNS) and noted that neither pertained to disturbance of public peace and order, raising serious doubts about the validity of the impugned order. The Court had already stayed the impugned order on 11.11.2025, and the matter was being considered on merits.