The Maharashtra government on Friday told the Bombay High Court it will not arrest former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh till July 6 in a case registered against him under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Senior counsel Darius Khambata, who appeared for the Maharashtra government, told the HC that his previous statement on protecting Singh from any coercive action will be extended till July 6. Khambata made the statement after a bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar adjourned the hearing till July 5 on pleas filed by Singh seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against him by the Thane police under the Atrocities Act, and challenging preliminary inquiries initiated against him by the state government.