India, April 30 -- A Shillong court that granted bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi - the prime accused in the murder of her husband during a honeymoon trip last year - criticised the prosecution for attempting to defend a key procedural lapse as "clerical error" in a detailed order released on Wednesday.

The lapse involved the prosecution citing the wrong section - Section 403 instead of 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita - and became the grounds on which the 25-year-old woman was given bail on Tuesday, despite the nature of the crime.

Her bail plea was rejected thrice in the past. She was in custody since 10 months and walked out of jail on Wednesday.

In a strongly worded ruling, additional deputy commissioner (Judicial), East Khasi Hills ...