Ex-judge Giribala Singh arrested in alleged dowry death case

Retired judge Giribala Singh was on Thursday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a case pertaining to the death of her daughter-in-law, who was allegedly harassed for dowry, PTI quoted officials as saying.

The arrest came a day after the Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed Giribala Singh’s anticipatory bail.

Twisha Sharma, a 33-year-old model-turned-actor from Noida, was found dead at her marital home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area on May 12.

Her husband’s family claimed that she had killed herself. However, her family alleged that she was harassed for dowry and murdered.

On May 22, the husband, Samrath Singh, who had been on the run for over a week, withdrew an anticipatory bail petition he had filed in the High Court and surrendered before a trial court in Jabalpur. The Bhopal Police subsequently arrested the advocate.

Giribala Singh had been granted anticipatory bail by a trial court on May 15 on the grounds that the accusations were against her son, Live Law reported. However, the state government and Sharma’s parents challenged the order before the High Court.

On Wednesday, Justice Devnarayan Mishra noted that Sharma’s family had raised allegations not only against her husband but also against Giribala Singh, Bar and Bench reported.

The judge also referred to WhatsApp messages Sharma had allegedly sent to her family before her death, which contained allegations against...

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