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The Supreme Court has taken a tough stand in the nationwide Meghalaya Honeymoon Murder Case (Raja Raghuvanshi Murder Case). The Supreme Court bench (Justice MM Sundaresh and Justice PB Varale) has made it clear in a strict tone to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the main accused in the case, that she should either surrender voluntarily or else the court, while hearing the petition of the state government, will pass an order to cancel her bail. The top court was hearing the petition of the Meghalaya government, in which the decision of bail given to Sonam by the High Court has been challenged. Relief was given from the lower court on the basis of a small mistake of typing. The entire case is to the suspicious murder of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi during his honeymoon in Meghalaya. According to the prosecution, Sonam along with her alleged lover and other associates had conspired to murder her husband. The Shillong trial court and later the Meghalaya High Court had granted bail to Sonam on the technical grounds that instead of Section 103 BNS (murder), Section 403 BNS was mistakenly typed in the documents prepared at the time of her arrest. He was granted bail considering that he did not provide correct information about the ‘arrest grounds’. Meghalaya government’s argument: Relief given on the basis of ‘typo error’ is wrong. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Meghalaya government in the Supreme Court, argued that it was only a clerk’s typing mistake, whereas the other 6 documents clearly contained allegations of murder and were also signed by the accused. The government argued that Sonam never raised any objection until the first three bail applications were rejected. It is not justified to grant bail on the basis of such a minor procedural lapse in a serious murder case. Court’s message: It is better to stay in jail till the statement of key witnesses. The Supreme Court, while making oral remarks, told the accused’s lawyer that the court has seen many flaws in the case and it would be better if the accused himself surrenders. The bench indicated that the bail plea can be reconsidered only after the testimony and statements of the key prosecution witnesses are recorded. The court has given time to Sonam’s lawyer to take a decision.