Indore: The effigy of Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of murdering her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon in Meghalaya earlier this year, cannot be burnt on Dussehra in place of Ravan, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered.

“From the pamphlet and the other documents which have been brought by the petitioner on record it is evident that respondent No 6 proposes to burn effigy of daughter of the petitioner on Vijayadashmi on 02.10.2025 in place of effigy of Ravan. In case the same is correct and respondent No 6 intends to do so then the same would be wholly impermissible in a democratic country like India,” Justice Pranay Verma observed. ADVERTISEMENT

The Court was hearing a plea by Sonam’s mother seeking directions to stop a local Indore organisation from burning an effigy of

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