India, April 29 -- Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of murdering her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their 2025 honeymoon in Meghalaya, has been granted bail by a Shillong court after three earlier rejections.

Court records reviewed by NDTV suggest the decision may have been influenced by a possible "clerical error" in arrest documentation.

Key Issue: Wrong legal section cited

The court found inconsistencies in the paperwork related to her arrest:

The FIR correctly invoked Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which pertains to murder.

Under the old IPC, Section 403 relates to dishonest misappropriation of property, creating confusion in the legal documentation.

The court noted that none of the arrest-related documents clearly...