Family to seek Supreme Court intervention after murder suspect's bail upheld

The family of Raja Raghuvanshi plans to take their fight for justice to the Supreme Court after the Meghalaya High Court upheld the bail of Sonam Raghuvanshi, the primary suspect in Raja's murder. Sonam was accused of killing her husband during their honeymoon last year.

Vipin Raghuvanshi, Raja's elder brother, stated that the family will soon file a petition to cancel Sonam's bail. He voiced strong dissatisfaction with how the prosecution handled the case, announcing that the family will pursue the legal battle independently with a private lawyer.

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We will appeal to the Supreme Court for cancellation of Sonam's bail and will soon initiate the process of filing the petition.

The Meghalaya High Court's decision to grant bail was based on a significant legal lapse by the police. The court noted that Sonam was not properly informed of the grounds for her arrest, a violation of her constitutional rights under Article 22(1) and Section 47(1) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The court emphasized that this procedural error "strikes at the root of the process of arrest."

Sonam Raghuvanshi was arrested on June 9, 2025, in Uttar Pradesh on charges of conspiracy to murder her husband. She had been in judicial custody for over 10 months before being granted bail by a lower court on April 27. The family, involved in the transport business, is determined to continue the legal fight for justice.

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If this is the manner in which the intimation of the grounds of arrest is made, the same reflects a total non-application of judicious mind on the part of the arresting agency, which strikes at the root of the process of arrest of an accused person, leading this Court to come to the conclusion that the arrestee does have a strong case to contend that no such effective grounds have ever been intimated to her at the initial stage of her arrest.