Raja Raghuvanshi murder: Meghalaya police move Supreme Court against Sonam Raghuvanshi’s bail

The HinduIndependentCenter4 hr. ago

The Supreme Court of India is considering whether a typographical error in an arrest memo is enough to invalidate the arrest and grant bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, who is accused of murdering her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, during a honeymoon trip to Meghalaya. The court is examining if the Meghalaya High Court was justified in granting bail based on the error, which involved citing a non-existent legal section instead of the correct one under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The Solicitor General argued that the error was clerical and that the seriousness of the crime should take precedence over technicalities. The court has requested the state police to provide clear copies of the arrest documents to verify the information provided at the time of arrest.

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The HinduIndependentCenter4 hr. ago

The Meghalaya Police have approached the Supreme Court to challenge the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, who is accused of conspiring in the murder of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, during their honeymoon in Meghalaya. The police argue that the bail should be revoked because there is a risk of the accused fleeing if released. This follows a decision by the Meghalaya High Court, which upheld the bail order after finding that the police had not properly communicated the grounds of her arrest. The High Court criticized the police for making a document that lacked proper consideration and contained irrelevant allegations. However, the court emphasized that its ruling pertained only to the legality of the arrest process and did not question the validity of the ongoing investigation.

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