Supreme Court today refused to stay the non-bailable warrant, issued against Nupur Talwar by a special Ghaziabad court for evading it to face trial in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic aide Hemraj. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and J S Khehar directed Nupur Talwar to surrender on Monday before the trial court, which was asked to consider her bail plea expeditiously.

Nupur's counsel pleaded to the apex court to grant her bail or consider her bail plea immediately as she apprehended arrest after surrendering before the trial court. The bench, however, was not impressed with the argument and said the petitioner ought to follow the formalities.

The slain school-going teenager Aarushi's mother Nupur faced arrest after Ghaziabad special court issued non-bailable warrant against her on April 11 following which the CBI had carried out searches at her Delhi home.