Honeymoon homicide: Shillong courtroom grants bail to Sonam lapses, trial delays
Shillong: A courtroom in Meghalaya’s Shillong on Tuesday granted bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused within the homicide of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, almost 10 months after she was remanded to judicial custody.
The case was known as the Honeymoon homicide case within the media.
The courtroom’s resolution was based totally on procedural lapses throughout her arrest by the Meghalaya Police, together with delays within the progress of the trial.
The courtroom noticed that the police failed to obviously inform Sonam of the particular grounds of her arrest on the time she was taken into custody in June 2025, amounting to a violation of constitutional safeguards.
The courtroom additionally famous technical deficiencies within the arrest paperwork, together with incorrect quotation of authorized provisions and incomplete documentation, which weakened the prosecution’s procedural standing at this stage.
The defence argued that the trial had seen restricted progress in current months regardless of the submitting of a voluminous cost sheet, making continued incarceration with out conviction untenable. The courtroom accepted this competition whereas granting bail.
Reacting to the event, East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem mentioned the prosecution will proceed to pursue the case. “We respect the Honourable Court docket’s order. The investigation and trial will proceed as per legislation, and we stay assured within the proof already positioned earlier than the courtroom,” he instructed Hindustan Occasions.
Regardless of her launch, the fees in opposition to Sonam stay in drive, and she or he has been directed to cooperate with the continuing trial proceedings.
The case pertains to the homicide of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi, who was discovered useless in a gorge close to Wei Sawdong Falls in Sohra in June 2025 throughout what was purported to be his honeymoon.
Police have alleged that Sonam conspired together with her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha and employed three contract killers to execute the homicide. An in depth cost sheet working into a whole bunch of pages has already been filed, and the trial is at the moment underway with a number of witnesses listed by the prosecution.
The granting of bail marks a important flip within the case, even because the prosecution prepares to proceed its arguments in what stays considered one of Meghalaya’s most intently watched prison trials.
