India, June 6 -- The Karnataka High Court on Friday restrained authorities from taking coercive action against the state cricket association office bearers.

The office bearers had approached the court seeking to quash the FIR filed against them in connection with the deadly stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium

The stampede occurred on Wednesday evening in front of the stadium, where a large number of people thronged to participate in the RCB team's IPL victory celebrations. Eleven people have died and 56 were injured in the incident.

The police had registered an FIR against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), event management firm DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt. Ltd., and KSCA in connection with the incident.

The police invoked s...