Supreme Court Denies Pawan Khera’s Request for Arrest Protection
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has turned down Congress leader Pawan Khera’s request for temporary protection from arrest until Tuesday. Instead, the court advised him to seek anticipatory bail in Assam, where a First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged against him by the wife of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
A panel of Justices J K Maheshwari and A S Chandukar upheld a previous decision made on Wednesday, which had put on hold a Telangana High Court ruling that had granted Khera transit anticipatory bail. Khera’s lawyer, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, expressed readiness to file in Assam but asked for a five-day extension, mentioning that the application could only be submitted on Monday.
However, the bench rejected this request, pointing out that Khera could file his application as early as Friday or Saturday. They reassured him that he could request an urgent hearing if needed, even on non-working days. The court emphasized that the judge handling the bail application should not be influenced by any comments made in their previous order dated April 15, which had stayed the transit bail.
