Honeymoon murder: SC sets aside Sonam’s bail
Supreme Court sets aside bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi in the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case and directs her to surrender within three weeks.
- The Meghalaya High Court had affirmed the Shillong trial court's bail order after accepting the defence claim about arrest grounds.
- The Supreme Court set aside the bail and held that continued liberty could hinder the ongoing trial.
- The Meghalaya government appealed against the High Court's bail affirmation.
What happened
The Supreme Court set aside the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, who is accused of murdering her newlywed husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon in Meghalaya. The Court ordered her to surrender within three weeks.
A bench of Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice P.B. Varale heard the Meghalaya government's appeal against the Meghalaya High Court order that had upheld a Shillong trial court's bail order.
UPSC can frame this case around the balance between the accused person's liberty and the integrity of an ongoing trial. The issue also links the role of the trial court, High Court, and Supreme Court in bail matters and the procedural requirement of communicating arrest grounds.
