The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday stayed an FIR against Governor Ram Naresh Yadav by the Special Task Force (STF) in connection with a recruitment scam, asking the prosecuting agency not to take any “coercive action” against him.
In an interim order, a Division Bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Rohit Arya stayed the FIR.
“Having considered submissions made by the respective parties, as prima facie, we find force in the submissions canvassed on behalf of the petitioner, until the pronouncement of the final judgment, we grant interim relief of stay of the FIR at Police Station, STF, Bhopal on February 24, 2015,” the court directed.
“We direct the investigation [prosecuting] agency not to take any coercive action against the petitioner on the basis of the impugned FIR,” the order said.
The FIR against Mr. Yadav was filed on February 24 this year by the STF, alleging his complicity in the forest guard recruitment exam conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board.
