sc reserves order in khera plea against denial of bail
Bengaluru, May 1 -- The Assam government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that Congress leader Pawan Khera had allegedly used forged documents to claim that chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife possessed multiple passports and undisclosed properties abroad. Even as the court reserved its order on Khera's anticipatory bail plea, the state demanded that Khera must face custodial interrogation to explain whether he forged the documents himself or received them from others, and whether any "foreign hand" was involved in an attempt to disrupt the Assam assembly polls.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the state, told a bench of justices J K Maheshwari and Atul Chandurkar that Khera, at a press conference on April 5, had showed copies of passports of the chief minister's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma. The investigation so far, Mehta said, showed those images were forged. He added that Khera had also shown fake documents relating to a company registered in the US.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who appeared for Khera, argued that the allegations against him are a matter of trial and it was not necessary to humiliate him by arrest.
The court heard both sides and reserved its judgment....
To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this publication, please
Contact Us.