Patna, June 11 (IANS) A Patna court on Thursday reserved its order on the bail pleas of the security guards who were associated with educator and Youtuber Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir.

Speaking to IANS, Khan Sir’s counsel advocate Arvind Kumar Mahuar said: “Hearing has taken place on the bail application of the security guards after which the Magistrate has reserved its order and will be pronounced tomorrow.”

Earlier, a Patna court had granted interim relief to Khan Sir by staying his arrest in connection with the recent coaching centre firing case.

The District Judge’s court pronounced its order on Tuesday after reserving its verdict on Khan Sir’s anticipatory bail plea following a hearing on Monday.

While the court has not yet granted anticipatory bail, it has directed the police not to take any coercive or punitive action against him until further proceedings.

The court has also sought the case diary and details of Khan Sir’s criminal history from the investigating agency. The matter will now be heard again on June 30.

Seeking the case diary and the accused’s criminal record is a routine judicial procedure while considering an anticipatory bail application.

Although the bail plea remains pending, the stay on arrest has provided major relief to Khan Sir, who had been facing the possibility of immediate police action.

An FIR was registered against Khan Sir, his two arrested security guards and other unidentified persons in connection with the June 2 disturbance at a coaching institute in Patna’s Kadamkuan area.

Police sources said that during questioning, the two arrested bodyguards allegedly told investigators that they fired their .315-bore rifles on the instructions of Faisal Khan.

Following the incident, police also arrested Roshan Anand, the owner of Gyan Bindu Coaching Institute, and sent him to judicial custody.

Anand’s bail plea was earlier denied by a Patna court.

–IANS

cg/khz