The Calcutta High Court in the Indian state of West Bengal on Thursday granted protection from arrest and any coercive action until July 10 to a senior police officer.

The court’s decision came after India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) served a notice on Rajeev Kumar, former Commissioner of Kolkata Police, over an alleged “suppression of facts” in a Ponzi scam case.

In February India’s Supreme Court intervened following a standoff between West Bengal state police and federal agents when the latter group tried to question Kumar. The Supreme Court had prevented the CBI from any coercive action against Kumar while directing the former police commissioner to cooperate in questioning at a “neutral place.” Shillong, the capital of the state of Meghalaya, was chosen as the venue. CBI officials questioned Kumar for almost five days.

Thursday’s order means that Kumar will have protection from arrest till the Calcutta High Court reopens after its summer break, but he has been directed to deposit his passport within 24 hours.