Ranchi, Feb. 19 -- The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday stayed all proceedings and investigations into the alleged hit and run cases registered at Doranda police station involving a senior HC advocate Manoj Tandon and Hindpiri youth Mawaz Khan on Tuesday.

The court also directed state to file an affidavit in the matter and asked SSP Rakesh Ranjan to ensure proper security to the advocate who hinted toward Khan's connection with banned organisation, People's Front of India (PFI), on the basis of his Instagram posts.

"Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi passed the order after Tandon filed a criminal writ petition before the court seeking CBI and NIA probe, punching holes in the police investigation in the case," an advocate close to the...