Last Updated:December 25, 2025, 17:48 IST On the night of August 23, 2001, then-19-year-old Sonia Poonia and her husband Sanjeev brutally bludgeoned eight members of her own family including her father, mother and siblings Sanjeev walked out of jail on December 13, while Sonia was freed four days later after completion of bail formalities. (News18 Hindi) Nearly 24 years after one of Haryana’s most chilling family murder cases, Sonia and her husband Sanjeev Kumar, convicted of killing ex-MLA Relu Ram Poonia and seven members of his family, were recently granted interim bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, triggering strong reactions from relatives and legal circles. The former Barwala MLA was murdered along with seven members of his family in August 2001 in what police later described as one of Haryana’s most sensational property-related crimes. The killings were carried out by his daughter Sonia Poonia and her husband Sanjeev Kumar, after a simmering dispute over the division of Poonia’s vast assets. On the night of August 23, 2001, then-19-year-old Sonia Poonia and her husband …