India, Feb. 28 -- The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its order on Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati's anticipatory bail plea in a case registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and stayed his arrest till the pronouncement of the verdict, lawyers said.

Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha passed the order and directed the state government as well as the informant, Ashutosh Pandey alias Ashutosh Brahmchari, to file their replies in the matter.

The court said the order on the anticipatory bail plea is likely to be delivered in the third week of March and directed the applicant to cooperate with the police in the investigation.

It also clarified that Avimukteshwaranand shall not be arrested ...