SC to hear Twisha Sharma dowry death case on May 25

The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the case related to model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma, who was found dead at her matrimonial home in Bhopal last week, and has scheduled the matter for hearing on May 25.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi will hear the case. The matter has been listed under the title, "Alleged institutional bias and procedural discrepancies in the unnatural death of a young girl at her matrimonial home.?

Twisha Sharma, 33, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal?s



Katara Hills area on May 12.

Her family has alleged that her husband and in-laws, including her mother-in-law, attempted to mislead the investigation and influence the case. Twisha?s husband, Samarth Singh, is a lawyer, while her mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, is a retired judge.

The development comes after Twisha's lawyer husband Samarth Singh, a key accused in the case, was sent to police custody for seven days by a Bhopal court. Meanwhile, his mother and co-accused Giribala Singh claimed that police had not yet contacted her to record her statement in the high-profile case.