Assam Moves Supreme Court Against Transit Bail Granted to Pawan Khera

The Assam government has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the Telangana High Court's decision to grant one-week transit anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera.

The case involves allegations of forgery, defamation, and criminal conspiracy following Khera's claims regarding the family of Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

The Telangana High Court had granted Khera relief on April 10, noting that most offenses under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 invoked in the case carry punishments of less than seven years.

The transit bail was intended to allow Khera time to approach the appropriate jurisdictional court for regular bail.