Yesterday, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed the state of Punjab not to take 'coercive steps' against Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan and Bharti Singh on their plea, seeking quashing of FIRs against them for allegedly hurting religious sentiments on Khan's web series, Backbenchers.

Justice Sudip Ahluwalia issued a notice to the Punjab government and fixed March 25 as the next date of hearing. The Tinseltown folk were booked by the Rupnagar and Ferozepur police for hurting religious sentiments through their remarks on the show. The complaint was filed by Charan Masih, a resident of Rupnagar, and Vijay Goriyan, a resident of Ferozepur.