Bhopal, July 24 (IANS) A special CBI court in Bhopal on Friday recused itself from hearing the regular bail application of district judge Giribala Singh, an accused in the CBI‑investigated Twisha Sharma dowry death case, after the presiding judge disclosed that she had earlier undergone judicial training under the accused. The bail application was subsequently transferred to the court of the Special Judge (Lokayukta), where detailed arguments were heard from the Central Bureau of Investigation…
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Bhopal, July 14 (IANS) Dowry death victim Twisha Sharma’s father, Navnidhi Sharma, on Tuesday denied reports claiming skin tissue was found on the alleged ligature material of a gymnastics belt that was purportedly not produced during her first post-mortem examination.Speaking to IANS, Twisha’s father said: “There is no source of such information. Nobody is claiming…who has spread the news that tissue was found on a belt? Because there is no official reflection on this.”He also said that the f…
Bhopal, July 14 (IANS) A Bhopal district court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of former district judge Giribala Singh and her son Samarth Singh till July 28 in the Twisha Sharma death case after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed the court that the two accused had not cooperated during the collection of their voice samples. The hearing was conducted through video conferencing amid heavy security at the court premises.The CBI sought extension of the judicial custody, inf…
Bhopal, July 2 (IANS) Five days after the alleged theft at the residence of retired judge Giribala Singh, Bhopal police are yet to make any breakthrough despite examining footage from around 150-200 CCTV cameras, questioning nearly a dozen suspects and collecting fingerprints from dozens of people as part of the investigation. The alleged burglary took place on June 28 at the Bagmugaliya Extension residence while Giribala Singh and her son, advocate Samarth Singh, were lodged in Bhopal Central J…
Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) A Bhopal court on Tuesday declined to entertain an oral submission by the defence seeking permission for retired judge Giribala Singh to visit her residence in connection with a recent burglary, observing that such a request could only be considered through a formal written application.The submission was made during the hearing in the CBI investigation into the death of actress-model Twisha Sharma.Appearing through video conferencing, Giribala Singh and her son, advocate S…
Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) A special court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of retired judge Giribala Singh and her son Samarth Singh, the two accused in the death case of model-actress Twisha Sharma, till July 14.Both accused were produced before the court through video conferencing from Bhopal Central Jail.The court passed the order after the expiry of their earlier judicial remand.Following the hearing, both were directed to remain in judicial custody till the next date of hearing.The Cen…
Bhopal, June 29 (IANS) A burglary at the residence of retired judge Giribala Singh has added a fresh twist to the high-profile Twisha Sharma death case, just a day before she and her son Samarth Singh are scheduled to be produced before a court following the completion of their 14-day judicial remand. The latest development comes weeks after another controversy rocked the case when a video purportedly showing the assault of Neeraj Dubey, a witness in the Twisha Sharma death case, went viral on s…
Bhopal, June 2 (IANS) In a significant development in the actress Twisha Sharma mysterious death case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday moved an application before the Bhopal District Court seeking permission to record statements of several key witnesses. The court also ordered a safe cell for ex-judge Giribala in Bhopal Central Jail on her request.Advocate Anurag Srivastava, who is representing late Twisha Sharma’s family in the court, told IANS that the CBI’s applicatio…
Bhopal, June 2 (IANS) The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court in Bhopal on Tuesday sent retired district judge Giribala Singh and her son Samarth Singh to judicial remand till June 16 after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chose not to seek any further remand in connection with the death of actor-model Twisha Sharma.The court directed that both accused be kept separately from other inmates at Bhopal Central Jail and issued jail warrants following the hearing, advocate Ankur Pandey, re…
Bhopal, June 1 (IANS) Intensifying its investigation into the alleged suicide of model-actor Twisha Sharma, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday reached accused Giribala Singh’s residence in Bhopal with a human-sized dummy to recreate the crime scene linked to her death on May 12.The CBI officials were seen at Giribala’s Katara Hills residence to verify the sequence of events and examine whether the statements of the accused matched the physical evidence collected during the inv…