The Jabalpur High Court has stayed the FIR against Bhopal-based lawyer Rakesh Rawal and directed that he not be arrested. The court also ordered that his 7 hours of CCTV footage must be preserved.

The case of the assault on lawyer Rakesh Rawal in police station at Jahangirabad, Bhopal, has reached the Jabalpur High Court. On Monday, a bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi granted interim stay on further action against the FIR registered against Rakesh Rawal. The court directed the police not to arrest the lawyer. The High Court ordered that CCTV footage be preserved for 7 hours to ascertain the truth of the incident. According to lawyer Rakesh Rawal, the case...