India, Feb. 24 -- The Karnataka high court on Tuesday restrained the state police from taking any coercive action against actor Ranveer Singh in connection with an FIR over his alleged mimicry of a character from the Kannada film 'Kantara', while orally observing that the actor "had no right to do what he has done" and should have exercised greater caution.

Justice M Nagaprasanna issued notice on Singh's petition seeking quashing of the private complaint and the consequent FIR, and directed that no coercive steps be taken against him until the next hearing on March 2.

Singh was booked following orders of a Bengaluru court that accepted a private complaint filed by a city-based lawyer. He faces charges under sections 196, 299 and 302 of ...