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SC reserves order on Congress leader Pawan Khera’s anticipatory bail plea; his counsel asks why is arrest necessary
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SC reserves order on Congress leader Pawan Khera’s anticipatory bail plea; his counsel asks why is arrest necessary

The Indian Express·Express News Network·about 1 month ago
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and said Pawan Khera (in photo) had shown certain fake documents at the presser. (File photo) The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on Congress leader Pawan Khera’s plea for anticipatory bail in the case in which he had accused Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife’s Riniki Bhuyan Sharma of holding multiple passports. A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Atul Chandurkar reserved its decision on Khera’s appeal challenging the April 24 order of the Gauhati High Court denying the Congress leader anticipatory bail in the case. Appearing for Khera, Senior Advocate A M Singhvi said, “This is an unprecedented case where my apprehension is made fully credible by the prosecutor himself in an unprecedented manner.” Referring to statements against Khera by the CM, Singhvi said, “These are statements by the boss of the boss of the boss of the boss of the prosecutor.…

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