KOCHI: The high court on Wednesday stayed the Kozhikode District Sessions Court’s order granting anticipatory bail to writer Civic Chandran in a sexual assault case. The court has also directed the police not to arrest the writer.

According to the complainant, Civic Chandran had grabbed her and asked her to lie on his lap while she was resting on the beach after a cultural camp held on February 8, 2020. The accused was granted bail on August 12 by the court in connection with the sexual harassment case.

Lately, the court’s remarks about the complainant wearing provocative clothes had sparked a controversy. There is another case against Civic Chandran for groping and kissing a scheduled caste writer. He was granted anticipatory bail by the lower court in this case too.