Claim
Police documents described Sonam as a released convict who had failed to inform police of her new address after leaving jail.
“सोनम एक रिहा हो चुकी कैदी है जो जेल से छूटने के बाद अपना नया पता पुलिस को बताना भूल गई हैं।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Court records and multiple legal/news reports confirm Sonam Raghuvanshi's police arrest-grounds document did contain the line describing her as a 'released convict' who failed to notify her new residence/address (Section 394 BNSS), one of several boilerplate template errors the Meghalaya High Court flagged as absurd. The anchor's claim accurately describes the actual contents of the police document; the document's assertion was itself an erroneous copy-paste error, which the court noted, but the reporting of what the document said is correct.
Evidence
- https://assamtribune.com/north-east/meghalaya-hc-upholds-sonams-bail-how-bns-section-mix-up-proved-crucial-1613679 Reports the Meghalaya HC judgment noting the arrest grounds included 'You, being a released convict, failed to notify your residence... as required under Section 394 BNSS', alongside 'deserter' and 'offence outside India' template errors. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://theprint.in/judiciary/meghalaya-honeymoon-murder-case-why-hc-granted-bail-to-sonam-raghuvanshi/2973927/ Details the erroneous template contents of Sonam's arrest memo that the High Court criticized as 'ridiculous' and prepared 'without any application of mind.' ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.syllad.com/meghalaya-hc-rejects-plea-against-sonam-bail-slams-arrest-grounds/ Confirms the arrest forms were template-based and contained irrelevant 'released convict' and 'deserter' references, which the HC cited in upholding bail. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/raja-raghuvanshi-murder-case-meghalaya-high-court-upholds-sonam-raghuvanshis-bail-1607153 Legal report on the HC upholding Sonam's bail based on defective arrest grounds and BNS section mix-up. ✓ reachable · archived