India, Oct. 26 -- Former judicial officer Giribala Singh reportedly told the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday that while she was upset with her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma's decision to go for an abortion, she did not push her to suicide.

Sharma died by suicide in May this year at her marital home in Bhopal. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which took over the probe in the case, flagged sustained mental torture by her husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law Giribala Singh.

During the hearing of the case at Madhya Pradesh high court, Singh argued that she had not subjected Sharma to any cruelty, news outlet Bar and Bench reported. The submission was made by Singh's counsel before Justice Ajay Kumar Nirankari during the hea...