HC rejects Khera's anticipatory bail plea
Guwahati, April 25 -- The Gauhati High Court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail petition of Congress leader Pawan Khera in connection with his allegations that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife possessed multiple passports and undisclosed properties abroad.
The single bench of Justice Parthiv Jyoti Saikia rejected Khera's application filed on Monday after the Congress leader was asked by the Supreme Court to approach the Gauhati High Court.
Following the allegations made in a press conference, the CM's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, filed criminal cases against Khera at the Guwahati Crime Branch Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The judge, in his order, pointed out that the petitioner had claimed that the accusations he had brought are based on certain documents, which he has in his possession, while the police claimed those documents were already proven to be false.
After the case was filed, the petitioner had not made any assertion that the police had made fabricated claims, the court said.
''The claim of the Advocate General that the case of the petitioner falls within the category of the possession of forged documents or electronic records (Section 339 of the BNS) seems to have force in it,'' the judge said.
He further stated that not Riniki Bhuyan Sharma's husband is the CM of Assam, but she is not.
''If Khera had raised those accusations against the CM, the matter would have been a political rhetoric. But in order to gain political mileage, he has dragged an innocent lady into the controversy," the order said. He has not yet proved beyond doubt that Bhuyan Sharma has passports of three other countries while he has also not yet proved beyond doubt she had opened a company in the U.S. , the judge said....
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