The Supreme Court on Saturday took suo motu cognisance of the Twisha Sharma death case. According to ANI, a bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant is expected to hear the matter on Monday.The case pertains to allegations of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide against Twisha’s husband and in-laws, one of whom is a retired district judge. Twisha (33) was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area on May 12. Her family accused her in-laws of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide.Police registered an FIR under Sections 80(2), 85 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with relevant provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act against her lawyer husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law Giribala Singh, a retired district and sessions judge and current chairperson of the Bhopal Consumer Court.Also Read: Dowry death case: Twisha Sharma's family moves HC for second autopsyHusband under custodySamarth Singh was arrested on Friday after being on the run for 10 days. He has been remanded in police custody for seven days.Singh, son of former judge and Bhopal Consumer Court chairperson Giribala Singh, was brought to Bhopal from Jabalpur in the early hours of Saturday and taken to Katara Hills police station, sources told news agency PTI.A lawyer by profession, Singh had been evading arrest since an FIR was registered against him and his mother following Twisha Sharma's death on May 12. A reward of Rs 30,000 was declared on information leading to his arrest.
Twisha Sharma dowry death case: SC takes suo motu cognisance; hearing by CJI-led bench likely on Monday
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the Twisha Sharma death case. Her husband, Samarth Singh, has been arrested. He is the son of a retired district judge. Police are seeking his custodial remand for questioning. A Bhopal court has remanded him in police custody for seven days.










