Despite this legal relief, the accused, Sumi Bora, remains incarcerated at Guwahati Central Jail as she faces charges in two additional cases registered by Assam Police in Duliajan and Borboruah police stations.
The summons, issued by Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi, follows an election petition by Congress candidate Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury, who claimed rigging, booth capturing, and bribery by Mallah.
'... her refusal to wear 'sakha and sindoor' will project her to be unmarried and/or signify her refusal to accept the marriage with the appellant (husband). Such categorical stand of the respondent (wife) points to the clear intention of the respondent that she is unwilling to continue her conjugal life with the appellant,' the high court said.
