Assam moves SC against transit bail granted to Pawan Khera in case filed by CM Sarma’s wife
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The Assam government has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Telangana High Court order that granted transit anticipatory bail for one week to Congress leader Pawan Khera in a case registered by the Assam Police, Bar and Bench reported on Monday.
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Transit anticipatory bail is a temporary protection from arrest granted in one state to enable persons to approach the courts where the case has been filed.
The High Court had granted relief to Khera on Friday after the Congress leader had approached it seeking protection following a first information report filed by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The FIR was filed after the Congress leader claimed on Sunday that he had documentary evidence that showed that Riniki Bhuyan Sarma holds passports of the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Antigua and Barbuda. Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife refuted the allegations.
The case was registered at the Crime Branch Police Station in Guwahati on charges of defamation, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
During the hearing on Thursday, Assam Advocate General Devajit Saikia had asked why the Congress leader had moved the Telangana High Court, though he lives in Delhi and the case has been registered in Assam.
“There is no indication that he cannot come to Assam,” Saikia had said. “Assam is not a banana republic. There...