Samarth Singh, the husband of Twisha Sharma, who recently died under unexplained circumstances at her marital home in Bhopal, informed the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday that he is prepared to withdraw his bail application and surrender in the case.
However, he requested that the court instruct the trial court to hear and rule on his bail application on the same day.A woman in her 30s, originally from Noida in Uttar Pradesh, was discovered dead on May 12 at her matrimonial residence in Bhopal’s Bagh Mugalia Extension. Her family, however, alleged foul play, citing visible injury marks on her body. They also claimed she had previously told them that her husband had assaulted her.
Second autopsy ordered in death case
According to Bar and Bench, the high court mandated a second autopsy of Sharma’s body and instructed that it be carried out by a team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.
Justice Avanindra Kumar Singh stated that the second autopsy will be conducted in Bhopal, and a special flight will be arranged to transport the doctors who will perform the procedure.
The earlier post-mortem report concluded that Twisha Sharma’s death resulted from antemortem ligature hanging. It further noted several minor injuries on various parts of her body, attributed to blunt force trauma. Speaking to news agency PTI, lawyer Anurag Shrivastava, representing the family, said that they had approached the high court seeking a second post-mortem due to alleged discrepancies in the first autopsy conducted at AIIMS Bhopal.
Two days earlier, Judicial Magistrate First Class Anudita Gupta in Bhopal had rejected the family's request, saying that the court's conscience must be satisfied before ordering a re-post-mortem.
The magistrate had observed that minor procedural lapses alone would not compel the court to order a second autopsy.
A CBI investigation has been ordered in the matter
Previously, the Madhya Pradesh government had called for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the death of Twisha Sharma and granted approval for the agency to assume control of the investigation. Police had registered an FIR under Sections 80(2), 85 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the Dowry Prohibition Act, against her husband Samarth Singh and Giribala Singh.
