An ex-boyfriend of slain Maple Batalia has had assault charges against him stayed. (CBC) Charges of assault have been stayed against a former boyfriend of slain Surrey, B.C., teen Maple Batalia.

Gurjinder Dhaliwal, 19, had been charged with two counts of assault following an alleged confrontation at a Tim Hortons restaurant in Surrey in the early morning hours of Sept. 24.

The two alleged victims, a male and a female, both 19, cannot be named under a court-ordered publication ban.

A Crown spokesman said he could not release any details as to why the charges were stayed.

The legal procedure puts the charges into limbo for 12 months, during which time the Crown has the option of laying them against the former accused once again.

Maple Batalia, 19, died after she was shot Sept. 28. (M. Colasi/Flickr) Batalia was gunned down in the parking lot of Simon Fraser University's Surrey campus Sept. 28.

There have been no arrests in connection with the shooting.

Earlier this month, police released university surveillance video of a late-model white Dodge Charger leaving the area of the shooting at high speed shortly after Batalia was killed.