Guwahati, July 9 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that it may refer the legal issue of whether defects in an arrest memo can invalidate an arrest and justify the grant of bail to a larger Bench, while hearing the Meghalaya government's appeal against bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi in the Raja Raghuvanshi honeymoon murder case.

A Bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Shree Chandrashekhar directed the Meghalaya government to produce the original arrest documents and records relating to Sonam's arrest for its examination.

The matter arose after the Meghalaya government challenged the High Court's decision upholding a trial court order granting bail to Sonam. The High Court had observed that the arrest memo cited an incorrect lega...