India, April 17 -- Chandigarh

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday stayed the arrest of leader of Opposition (LOP) in the Punjab assembly Partap Singh Bajwa till April 22 in connection with the case registered against him over his "50 bombs have reached the state" remarks.

Justice Deepak Gupta gave the order on a plea moved by the Gurdaspur legislator seeking the quashing of the first information report (FIR) lodged against him by Mohali police.

"Though the petitioner shall continue to join the investigation, as and when called by the investigating officer of the case, but no coercive action shall be taken against him till the next date of hearing. It is further directed that in the meantime, the petitioner will not make any ...