The Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the state human rights commission directing Mumbai top cop Vivek Phansalkar and a DCP to pay R10 lakh to a jeweller who had accused four policemen of extorting him.

In December last year, the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission passed the order directing Phansalkar and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone 1, Pravin Mundhe, to pay compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the jeweller, Nishant Jain. The jeweller had alleged that he was extorted by four policemen from the Azad Maidan police station.