Twisha Sharma Case: MP High Court Directs Giribala Singh To Amend Bail Plea After CBI Drops Dowry Death Charge, Adds Suicide Abetment
Jayanti Pahwa
30 Sept 2026 3:25 PM IST
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed retired judge Giribala Singh to amend her regular bail plea in the case relating to unnatural death of her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma, after the CBI dropped the dowry death charge against her and instead charged her with abetment of suicide under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
33-year-old Twisha was found dead at her matrimonial home in Bhopal on May 12.
The bail application had been filed when the case against Singh included the offence of dowry death under Section 80(2) BNS.
Meanwhile, CBI filed its chargesheet dropping the said charge against Singh and adding the offence of abetment of suicide under Section 108 BNS.
During the hearing, counsel for Singh informed Justice Ajay Kumar Nirankari about the change in the charge and submitted that, according to the prosecution, the applicant had abetted the deceased's suicide by taunting and harassing her.
The Court however noted that the bail application did not disclose that the charge under Section 80(2) BNS had been dropped.
It accordingly directed Singh's counsel to amend the bail application before advancing arguments on the changed charge.
“As per my opinion, first you should amend this application and then raise this argument,” the Court observed.
The bench thereafter granted the applicant liberty to file the amended application and listed the matter for October 8.
“You file the application tomorrow; we will approve it. We will fix it for 8th October,” the Court also told counsel.
The case relates to the death of Twisha Sharma, pursuant to which an FIR was initially registered under Sections 80(2) (dowry death), 85 (cruelty) and 3(5) (common intention) of the BNS, along with Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
The investigation was subsequently handed over to the CBI following the intervention of the Supreme Court.
In an earlier hearing before the High Court, the CBI had been granted time to file its reply to Singh's bail application.
Singh, a retired judge, had earlier been granted anticipatory bail by the Bhopal trial court on May 15. The State and the deceased's parents challenged the order before the High Court, which subsequently quashed her anticipatory bail on May 27.
Singh thereafter remained in custody, with the Bhopal Court extending her judicial custody on subsequent occasions, on June 30 and July 14.
In her regular bail plea, Singh has claimed that the deceased was suffering from depression and that the allegations relating to dowry were false. The plea also refers to the absence of transactions showing that Singh had obtained money from the deceased's parents and claims that her son had instead transferred ₹7.5 lakh into the deceased's accounts.
The deceased's father has opposed the grant of regular bail.
