Chandigarh, May 30 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to former cricketer and actor Yograj Singh in connection with an FIR registered over alleged derogatory remarks against women in a viral clip from web series "Lukkhe".

Yograj Singh, father of former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, had approached the high court on Friday after a district court on May 26 dismissed his plea seeking pre-arrest bail.

The FIR was lodged at the Sector 36 police station in Chandigarh under Section 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 62A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, following a complaint filed by advocates Ujjwal Bhasin and Jatin Verma on May 14.

According to the complainants, the remark...