New Delhi, June 9 -- The Patna District Court on Tuesday granted an interim stay on the arrest of educator Faisal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, providing the prominent coaching figure with temporary legal protection in an Arms Act case that arose from a shooting incident outside his institute in the Bihari capital earlier this month.

The order, passed by the District Judge at the Patna Civil Court, halts any immediate action against Khan Sir in connection with the First Information Report registered at Kadamkuan Police Station under Sections 109 and 418/2026 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 25(9), 27, and 35 of the Arms Act. Three individuals were named in the FIR, including Khan Sir.

The legal proceedings stem from an inci...