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Twisha Sharma Case: Giribala Singh Suffers Major Setback As Jabalpur High Court Rejects Bail Plea
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News18•08-10-2026, 17:59
Twisha Sharma Case: Giribala Singh Suffers Major Setback As Jabalpur High Court Rejects Bail Plea
- •Jabalpur High Court rejected the bail application of retired judge Giribala Singh in the high-profile Twisha Sharma death case.
- •The CBI stated that charges of dowry demand and murder have not been dropped and the investigation is still ongoing.
- •Giribala Singh had claimed that the dowry death charges were removed and cited Article 21 for speedy bail.
- •The court granted time to amend the application and objection, deferring the final decision with the next hearing set for October 14.
- •Twisha Sharma died under suspicious circumstances in Bhopal, leading to a CBI probe and the arrest of Giribala and Samarth Singh.
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The Jabalpur High Court rejected the bail application of retired judge Giribala Singh, noting that the CBI has not dropped charges of dowry demand and murder against her and that the investigation is still ongoing, with the next hearing scheduled for October 14.
The CBI stated that the claim of removing Section 80(2) pertaining to dowry death is completely false, and confirmed that Section 108 related to abetment to suicide has been added to the investigation while mobile data and CCTV reports remain awaited.
Giribala Singh claimed that the CBI had removed charges of dowry death and cited the pendency of the investigation for more than 90 days, requesting speedy bail under Article 21, which the court ultimately rejected.
