Chandigarh, April 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday stayed the arrest of Punjab leader of Opposition and Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa till April 22 on a plea moved seeking the quashing of the FIR registered against him by the Mohali police over his '50 bombs' claim.

The FIR was registered on allegations of providing misleading information with the intention to disturb peace by claiming that 50 bombs have reached the border state.

The petition was taken up by the bench of justice Deepak Gupta, which while seeking response from the Punjab government by April 22 ordered interim protection from arrest to him, till the next date of hearing, said the former advocate general Punjab, APS Deol, who appeared for Bajwa. A det...