Former Judge, Lawyer Son Likely to be Sent to Judicial Custody in Dowry Death Case

BHOPAL: A special CBI court at Bhopal is likely to send Giribala Singh, a former district judge and mother-in-law of model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma and her lawyer son and husband of Twisha Sharma, Samarth Singh to jail under judicial custody on Tuesday afternoon.

Giribala Singh and Samath Singh were produced in the court on Tuesday and after the CBI didn't seek any further remand for the duo, accused in 'dowry death' case of Twisha Sharma, the court is likely to send them to judicial custody. The CBI judge was dictating orders in the case while this report was being filed.

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FROM MARRIAGE TO TRIALS

May 12, 2025 | Twisha Sharma and Samarth Singh’s engagement ceremony held in Noida flat.

Dec, 2025 | Model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma from Noida marries Samarth Singh, a lawyer and son of retired district judge Giribala Singh, and begins residing in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area.

May 12, 2026 | Twisha is found dead at her in-laws’ home in Katara Hills. Her family accuses her in-laws of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide.

May 15 | Police registers an FIR against a retired district judge and her advocate son in connection with the alleged dowry death of his wife. Later, a Bhopal court grants bail to the retired judge during an anticipatory bail hearing. The husband remains absconding.

May 16 | Police constitutes a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged dowry death case.

May 17 | Family members of the 31-year-old Noida woman stage a brief dharna outside the chief minister’s official residence after they are not allowed to meet him.

May 18 | A sessions court in Bhopal rejects the bail application of the absconding husband Samarth Singh. Bhopal DCP Zone-2 announces a reward of Rs 10,000 for his arrest.

May 19 | Twisha’s kin seek an independent probe after questioning the police investigation. They also demand an end to Twisha’s “posthumous character trial” in press conferences held by the accused.

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May 20 | Twisha’s kin meet the chief minister, who assures them he will seek a CBI probe. A Bhopal court rejects the plea for a second post-mortem. Police increase reward for Samarth’s arrest to Rs 30,000.

May 21 | Police issues a third and final notice to retired judge Giribala Singh to record her statement. Samarth files a fresh bail plea. The Home Department holds a meeting on handing over the case to CBI.

MAY 22 | Jabalpur police took accused husband Samarth Singh into custody from the district court premises after he reached there to surrender, according to his lawyer.

June 2 | CBI officers reconstructed the circumstances surrounding former model-actor Twisha Sharma’s alleged suicide at her marital home in Bhopal, using a sand-filled dummy weighing around 80 kg, with iron dumbbells tied to its feet to replicate body weight and balance.