India's Top Court Leaves Sonam Raghuvanshi's Bail in Place
The Supreme Court left Sonam Raghuvanshi's bail in place, putting due process and public-safety enforcement in tension.
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In India, the Supreme Court declined to stay the Meghalaya High Court's bail order for Sonam Raghuvanshi in the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case. The decision affects Raghuvanshi, the prosecution, and the courts responsible for weighing release against public-safety concerns.
The Supreme Court questioned whether bail should stand after an earlier denial on the merits when the later decision relied on a technical ground, placing procedural fairness against continued detention. The governing choice is whether preserving bail properly protects due process or leaves public safety under-enforced, with the bail order remaining in force.
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