India, Oct. 26 -- The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday, October 26, reserved its order on the regular bail plea of former judicial officer Giribala Singh in the Twisha Sharma death case. Justice Ajay Kumar Nirankari concluded the hearing after arguments from Singh's defence, the CBI and Twisha Sharma's father. No order on the bail plea has been pronounced yet.

Singh, who has been in judicial custody for around five months, argued that she neither subjected Twisha to cruelty nor abetted her suicide. Her counsel said Singh's remarks against Twisha over her decision to undergo an abortion were made in the heat of the moment and that she later apologised.

The CBI and Twisha's father opposed bail, alleging that Singh had a role in the all...