Congress leader Pawan Khera | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Supreme Court of India on Friday (April 17, 2026) allowed Congress leader Pawan Khera to file an application for anticipatory bail immediately before the competent court in Assam in connection with an FIR filed by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, over allegations that she held multiple passports If such an application for pre-arrest bail is filed, the top court said the court concerned in Assam would be influenced in any way neither by the grant of one-week interim transit bail allowed to Mr. Khera by the Telangana High Court nor the stay of the High Court order by the Supreme Court on April 15. Published – April 17, 2026 01:12 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation ‘Top Gun 3’: Tom Cruise to reunite with producer Jerry Bruckheimer for the actioner, confirm makers Stalin, Rahul Gandhi unlikely to share stage for election campaign in T.N.: R.S. Bharathi