Kathmandu, June 19 -- The Patan High Court has issued an interim order against arrest of senior journalist Dil Bhusan Pathak, who is under investigation in connection with a video published on his Youtube channel Tough Talk.

A division bench of judges Tanka Prasad Gurung and Tikaram Acharya issued the interim order upholding the court's interlocutory order.

Earlier, the single bench of Judge Rishi Raj Bhandari had issued the interlocutory interim order on Monday, instructing Nepal Police not to detain Pathak until further notice.

The court reaffirmed the order on Thursday, stating that no grounds were found to justify the need for immediate arrest based on the complaint submitted.

"In the absence of sufficient basis that an offence ha...