New Delhi, July 2 -- The Meghalaya government has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Meghalaya High Court order upholding the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the murder of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi.

The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Sheel Nagu by Solicitor General of India (SGI) Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Meghalaya government, seeking an urgent hearing on Friday. The Court said it would examine the request.

Mentioning the matter, Mehta submitted that Sonam's bail had earlier been rejected on three occasions on the apprehension that she may abscond. However, the High Court subsequently upheld the trial court's order granting her bail on the ground that the grounds of a...