Congress leader Pawan Khera has approached the Gauhati High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case recently registered against him by the Crime Branch of Assam Police in Guwahati.

The plea was registered today morning by the High Court Registry for its listing before a Bench.

A criminal case alleging defamation, forgery and criminal conspiracy was recently registered against Khera.

The case was registered following his recent claims that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife Riniki Bhuyan holds multiple foreign passports and undisclosed assets abroad.

Assam Police had visited Khera’s residence in Delhi on April 7 but he was not present there. Khera later approached the Telangana High Court seeking transit anticipatory bail.

The High Court granted him a week's relief on April 10 to enable him approach the courts in Assam for anticipatory bail.

On April 15, the Supreme Court stayed Telangana High Court's April 10 order on an appeal moved by Assam government.

Khera then filed an application challenging the Supreme Court's ex-parte stay on the High Court's transit anticipatory bail order.

However, the top court last week declined to vacate the stay and also refused to extend the transit bail period.

It asked Khera to approach the Gauhati High Court instead.