The Delhi High Court (HC) on Monday granted interim protection from arrest to former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) probationer Puja Khedkar till August 21. She has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing the other backward class (OBC) and disability quota benefits.

Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notice to the Delhi Police as well as the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on the anticipatory bail plea filed by Khedkar, and asked them to file their responses.