The High Court of Karnataka directed the police not to take any coercive steps against former MP Anantkumar Hegde till July 30 in connection with a criminal case for allegedly assaulting a businessman in a road rage incident in Dobbaspet police limits in Bengaluru Rural district on June 23.

However, the court made it clear that the police can proceed with the investigation against the petitioners while directing them to cooperate for the probe.