Twisha Sharma’s husband withdraws bail plea, left with no option but to surrender

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• Samarth Singh, the absconding husband of Twisha Sharma, who allegedly faced dowry harassment before she died in Bhopal last week, on Friday withdrew his anticipatory bail plea from the Madhya Pradesh High Court, PTI reported.
• His lawyer, Jaydeep Kaurav, told PTI that the application was withdrawn from the single-judge bench of Justice Avanindra Singh.
• With the withdrawal of the application, Singh has no option but to surrender, PTI reported.
• The anticipatory bail application was filed before the high court on Thursday after a subordinate court turned down his plea last week.
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