Honeymoon murder: Sonam Raghuvanshi surrenders after SC cancels bail
Sonam Raghuvanshi has surrendered to a trial court in Shillong after the Supreme Court of India cancelled her bail in a murder conspiracy case. She is accused of hiring contract killers to murder her husband during their honeymoon in 2025.
Why it matters
The case highlights the judicial process in high-profile criminal trials and the Supreme Court's role in overseeing bail conditions.
SHILLONG: Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of conspiring to murder her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon in Meghalaya last year, surrendered before a Shillong trial court on Tuesday in compliance with a Supreme Court order cancelling her bail.She was remanded to judicial custody after her surrender.Sonam, a resident of Indore in Madhya Pradesh, appeared before the trial court after the Supreme Court on July 23 set aside the bail granted to her and directed her to surrender within three weeks, East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem said.She was arrested in June last year in connection with the killing of her businessman husband, Raja Raghuvanshi.The couple had gone missing while vacationing in Meghalaya's Sohra area on May 23, 2025.Raja's body was later recovered from a deep gorge…
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