Dehradun, Oct. 7 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Nainital, 6 Oct: The Uttarakhand High Court has granted interim relief to independent MLA from Yamunotri, Sanjay Dobhal, his brother Vinod Dobhal, Chairman of Barkot Municipal Council, and approximately 150 of their supporters, by staying their arrest in connection with a protest held at Barkot.

The Dobhal brothers had filed a petition before the court, seeking quashing of the FIR registered against them and a stay on arrest. After hearing the matter, a single bench of Justice Alok Kumar Verma directed the petitioners to cooperate with the ongoing investigation, in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in the Arnesh Kumar vs State of Bihar case.

It may be recalled that thi...