MOHALI, April 27 -- A local court of an additional district judge has stayed the operation of the order passed by the court of judicial magistrate first class (JMIC) on April 16 allowing the polygraph test of six Mohali-based police officials in connection with the controversial interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi recorded while he was in custody in September 2022.

The counsel for the five cops submitted revision pleas in the court of an additional district judge saying that his clients have withdrawn their consent to undergo the polygraph test.

The JMIC court had earlier granted permission to the investigating officer to conduct the polygraph tests in accordance with legal procedures. The permission was granted in the ongoing case r...