Shillong court grants bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi
A Shillong court has granted bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the main accused in the murder of her husband, businessman Raja Raghuvanshi, in May 2025. The court cited inadequate communication of arrest grounds from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, as a key reason for the decision. Additional Deputy Commissioner (Judicial) D.R. Kharbteng delivered the order on April 27, 2026, which became public the following day. The ruling underscores procedural lapses in the arrest documentation communicated to the accused.
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A local court in Meghalaya’s capital Shillong has granted bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the murder of her businessman-husband Raja Raghuvanshi in May 2025.In her order on Monday, (April 27, 2026), Additional Deputy Commissioner (Judicial) D.R. Kharbteng said the accused was entitled to be released on bail as the “facts constituting grounds of arrest” in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur were not effectively communicated” to her in clear terms. The order was made available on Tuesday (April 28, 2026).
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