Twisha Sharma death: Accused husband's lawyer to seek bail post custody

The defence counsel for Samarth Singh, accused in the Twisha Sharma death case, will seek bail after his 7-day police custody. The victim's family alleges dowry harassment. Singh was arrested from Jabalpur. An AIIMS team will conduct a second autopsy.

The defence counsel representing Samarth Singh and the mother-in-law in the Twisha Sharma death case on Saturday announced that they will approach the court for bail once the seven-day police custody concludes. This statement comes after a Bhopal Court granted the police a week-long custody of the prime accused to further their ongoing investigation.

Advocate Gyanendra Sharma argued that the remand was "unnecessary", stating that "there is nothing to recover". "The police asked for 7 days remand for investigation. The court granted remand. We had opposed it as there is nothing to recover, and despite that, the court granted the remand, so we have no objection. Let the remand period be over first, then we will apply for bail," he told ANI.

Meanwhile, Advocate Ankur Pandey, the legal counsel representing Twisha Sharma's family, on Saturday said that the passport of the husband and prime accused, Samarth Singh, was submitted during the proceedings.

Speaking to reporters, Panday said that the team has filed for other documents for preservation, for which a hearing will be held on May 29.

Investigation and Arrest Details

The court granted the remand from May 23 to May 29 to facilitate further interrogation after the police produced Samarth Singh to the Court.

Twisha Sharma, a resident of Noida, married Bhopal resident Samarth Singh in December 2025. Following her death on May 12, her family alleged mental torture and dowry harassment by her husband and in-laws.

Samarth Singh was taken into custody from Jabalpur on May 22. He had been absconding since May 12. Three notices have also been served to his mother and a former judge, Giribala Singh.

Police Commissioner's Statement

Addressing a press conference, Bhopal Commissioner of Police Sanjay Kumar said Samarth Singh had attempted to surrender before a court in Jabalpur, but police took him into custody after the court refused to allow the surrender.

"He had come to the court in Jabalpur to surrender, but the court refused to let him surrender. Meanwhile, my team was also there. Then, my team took him into custody with the help of the Jabalpur police team," he said.

Responding to Twisha's mother-in-law, Giribala Singh's denial of receiving three police notices, Kumar maintained that notices had been served and said the police were following due process. "We've issued three notices to her. Now she is denying it, that's a different matter. But we served notices. She is accused of heinous offences. There is no anomaly. Our effort is to investigate her as soon as possible. We have to follow a procedure. We have also put a notice for the cancellation of anticipatory bail in court. There are no lapses. We conducted our investigation impartially and in a completely fair manner, and everything is on record," he said.

Second Autopsy Ordered

Meanwhile, HOD of the forensic department in AIIMS, Sudhir Gupta, stated that the Court authorised AIIMS Delhi Director to constitute a medical board.

"We received the order and request to conduct a postmortem on Sunday, from officials of the government of Madhya Pradesh," he said.

He has constituted a medical board of four senior doctors of AIIMS Delhi with the approval of the Director, who will conduct the autopsy. The team, along with all the latest instruments, has left for Bhopal to conduct a second autopsy of Twisha Sharma.

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