Chandigarh, Feb. 1 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) on Saturday sought response from Haryana police on the anticipatory bail plea from a national shooting coach, Ankush Bhardwaj, accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old national-level shooter during a competition in Faridabad last month.

The HC bench of justice Amarjot Bhatti has sought response by February 24. It was on January 22, a Faridabad court had dismissed his plea for interim protection from arrest. Before HC, his counsels also pressed for interim protection from arrest. However, the same was not accepted by the court during the brief hearing.

Faridabad police had registered a FIR against now suspended, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) coach under Sec...