In what will come as a huge relief to Shirin Dalvi, the Bombay High Court restrains Maharashtra govt and the police from taking action against Urdu daily editor over Prophet's cartoon.

A Mumbai court last week extended the the bail of the editor of an Urdu daily, at the centre of a controversy over publishing a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad, even as she wrote a blog to admit the "mistake" and seek "forgiveness", while claiming she was being "hounded and harassed".

"The accused, Shirin Dalvi, editor of an Urdu daily Avadhnama, has hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community and granting her anticipatory bail will create law and order problem," the police told the court.

Dalvi was arrested from Mumbra in neighbouring Thane district following a complaint after the cartoon was published on January 17 and released on bail by the concerned court later.

However, another case was registered against her with the N M Joshi Marg police station in Mumbai after which she approached the sessions court here last week to seek anticipatory bail, claiming the article was non-defamatory and did not hurt the religious sentiments of anybody.