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The Madhya Pradesh High Court connected Monday (May 25, 2026) granted 2 days to retired justice Giribala Singh to record her reply connected 2 pleas challenging the anticipatory bail granted to her successful the Twisha Sharma dowry decease and harassment case, with the State Government telling the tribunal that she was not cooperating with the probe.
The improvement comes connected a time erstwhile the peculiar investigating squad (SIT) of the Bhopal Police interrogated Ms. Singh for the archetypal clip since the FIR was filed successful the lawsuit connected May 15. Bhopal Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar ruled retired allegations of tampering with the CCTV camera footage from Ms. Singh’s house, wherever Twisha Sharma was recovered dormant connected the nighttime of May 12.
Meanwhile, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) squad from New Delhi was sent to Bhopal and is slated to instrumentality implicit the lawsuit pursuing the Madhya Pradesh government’s recommendation.
The High Court, which had earlier asked Ms. Singh to look earlier it connected May 25, granted her clip aft her lawyer, Enosh George, said his lawsuit was yet to person a transcript of the petition filed by Twisha Sharma’s father, Navnidhi Sharma, challenging the anticipatory bail granted by a section Bhopal court. The tribunal was besides proceeding different plea filed by the State Government challenging the bail.
“Piyush Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the applicant, is directed to proviso a acceptable of petitions to responsive nos.1 [State of Madhya Pradesh] and 2 [Giribala Singh] during the people of the day,” a azygous Bench of Justice Devnarayan Mishra said, portion asking Ms. Singh’s counsel to record a reply by the adjacent proceeding connected May 27.
The constabulary are besides questioning Twisha Sharma’s husband, Samarth Singh, a lawyer, and verifying the accusation obtained from him and his mother, Mr. Kumar told reporters.
“Our questioning is going connected [with Mr. Singh] connected each aspects. A constabulary squad went [to her house] and interrogated her connected immoderate points portion further questioning is yet to beryllium done,” helium said.
Responding to a reporter’s questions astir allegations of CCTV footage tampering and calls allegedly made to CCTV camera operators, Mr. Kumar said, “There is nary tampering done with the CCTV.”
The Police Commissioner besides said slope transactions and different details are being checked to ascertain Mr. Singh’s whereabouts portion helium was absconding for implicit a week.
“As soon arsenic we get immoderate information, we volition manus implicit the lawsuit diary to the CBI. There is nary connection yet,” helium said.
Another elder constabulary serviceman told The Hindu that Samarth Singh had moved crossed assorted locations portion absconding, including staying successful Jabalpur for a fewer days.
“He has besides admitted to assorted differences and arguments betwixt the mates successful the caller past, including 1 connected the time of her decease implicit a trip. They had besides been having differences since her pregnancy,” the serviceman said, requesting anonymity.
When asked astir the alleged hold successful recovering assorted items, including the enactment allegedly utilized for hanging, the serviceman said, “There was immoderate hold astatine the beginning, but each specified items were recovered soon aft the FIR was lodged.”
The latest developments travel a time aft Twisha Sharma’s assemblage was cremated successful Bhopal pursuing a 2nd autopsy ordered by the High Court. The autopsy was performed by an adept squad from AIIMS New Delhi.
The 33-year-old exemplary was recovered hanging successful her marital location connected the nighttime of May 12, conscionable 5 months aft marrying Samarth Singh. Her household has alleged dowry demands and intelligence harassment by her in-laws, on with procedural lapses, organization bias and deficiency of practice by the section constabulary since the death.
With inputs from Devesh K. Pandey successful New Delhi
