The Calcutta High Court in an interim direction on Friday said that no coercive action shall be taken against actor Parambrata Chattopadhyay in connection with a case against him for making allegedly provocative remarks during violence after the 2021 Bengal Assembly elections, Live Law reported.The first information report had been filed against Chattopadhyay and actor Swastika Mukherjee this month on a complaint by an advocate, who alleged that the two had made remarks on social media that could have incited political violence in the charged atmosphere after the 2021 polls.In May 2021, the Trinamool Congress had defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state elections. There was widespread post-poll violence.At the time, the court had ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the violence. A Special Investigation Team was also set up.In his complaint, the advocate claimed that after the TMC crossed the majority mark, Parambrata had on May 2, 2021, allegedly posted: “Let today be declared World Thrashing Day”. Swastika had allegedly responded: “Hahaha, let it be.”The complaint alleged that the remarks contributed to an atmosphere of political hostility.The complainant claimed that Chattopadhyay “appears to abate, encourage, incite and instigate large scale violence at such time when violence against BJP workers had already started to circulate”. He alleged that Mukherjee “had endorsed such instigation and abatement of organised violence against BJP workers and supporters at large”.On Wednesday, Chattopadhyay moved the court seeking to quash the FIR.In its interim order on Friday, Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee noted that Chattopadhyay’s counsel had argued that the FIR is “devoid of any specific averment or any overt act or unlawful conduct” on his part, Live Law reported.The counsel also noted that the case was filed after five years of the alleged occurrence.While the court said that the investigating agency shall not take coercive steps against the petitioners for four weeks or until further order, it allowed the probe into the matter to continue.Mukherjee had reportedly appeared before the police for questioning earlier this week, Live Law reported.The FIRs against the two actors came weeks after the BJP defeated the TMC, ending the Mamata Banerjee-led party’s 15-year rule in the state. This year too, widespread political violence had been reported after the results.Several instances of alleged communal intimidation and vandalism were also reported.Edited by Nachiket Deuskar.