India, April 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday extended the stay on the arrest of leader of opposition and Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa till May 7 on a plea seeking the quashing of the FIR for his '50 bombs' claim.

The FIR was registered against him in Mohali on April 13 on charges of providing misleading information with the intention to disturb peace by claiming that 50 bombs have reached the border state.

"The police have submitted a status report. While extending protection from arrest to him, the court has deferred the hearing till May 7," his counsel and former advocate general APS Deol said after the hearing.

The detailed order is awaited.

On April 16, the high court had stayed Bajwa's arrest till April 22....