New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- The Supreme Court has allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue its probe into the murder of Tamil Nadu Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader K Armstrong but stayed the direction of the Madras high court last month which quashed the charge sheet prepared by the Tamil Nadu police in this regard.

A bench of justices JK Maheshwari and NV Anjaria passed the order on Friday in an appeal filed by the Tamil Nadu police against the September 24 order of the Madras HC which allowed the petition filed by Armstrong's brother Keynos who cited several gaps in the investigation by the state police.

The court issued notice on the state's appeal and said, "In the meantime, order of quashing the charge sheet shall re...