Agreeing to hear, on Monday, the plea filed by Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia for anticipatory bail in a drug case, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Punjab government to not take any coercive action against him, granting interim protection from arrest.
He was granted three-day interim protection from arrest by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana which expired on 27 January.
Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for Majithia, argued that the present case is blatantly political in nature and has been registered in furtherance of the upcoming elections, with the malafide objective to target Majithia, a mainstream leader of the opposition party.