Operation Sindoor Post: SC Extends Interim Bail To Ashoka University's Ali Khan Mahmudabad

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Last Updated:May 28, 2025, 16:36 IST

The apical tribunal stated that the SIT probe against Mahmudabad should beryllium constricted to the 2 FIRs filed against the prof for his station connected Operation Sindoor

Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an subordinate prof astatine Ashoka University, had his bail extended by the Supreme Court connected Wednesday. (Image: X)

The Supreme Court connected Wednesday extended the interim bail granted to Ashoka University prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad and directed the peculiar probe squad (SIT), constituted to behaviour a probe successful the case, to taxable a presumption report. Mahmudabad was arrested this period implicit a arguable societal media station helium made regarding Operation Sindoor.

Following his arrest, the apical tribunal granted the prof interim bail but ordered an SIT probe into his societal media post.

The SC added that the bail had been granted connected the information that helium would not station thing related to the lawsuit oregon India’s subject cognition against Pakistan.

While extending the interim bail for the governmental subject professor, the Supreme Court called connected the Haryana constabulary and restricted the scope of the SIT probe.

The apical tribunal stated that the probe against Mahmudabad should beryllium constricted to the 2 FIRs filed against the prof for his station connected Operation Sindoor.

“We nonstop that probe of SIT shall beryllium confined to contents of the 2 FIRs taxable substance of these proceedings. The probe report, earlier it is filed earlier jurisdictional court, beryllium produced earlier this court. The interim extortion to proceed till further orders," a seat of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta ordered, arsenic per LiveLaw.

The seat besides asked the Haryana constabulary to apprise it astir their effect to the NHRC announcement connected registration of FIRs against the professor.

On May 21, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it had taken “suo motu cognisance" of a media study successful transportation with the arrest. The rights sheet has noted that “the report, which contains a gist of the allegations based connected which helium has been arrested, discloses, prima facie, that the quality rights and liberty of the said prof person been violated".

Mahmudabad was arrested connected May 18 aft an FIR was lodged by the Haryana constabulary regarding his station connected Operation Sindoor. The station praised the military’s restraint and raised concerns regarding warmongering and performative patriotism.

Two FIRs were filed against the prof based connected complaints by the chairperson of the Haryana State Commission for Women, Renu Bhatia, and a colony sarpanch.

“On the Commission chairperson’s complaint, the FIR has been lodged against Professor Ali of Ashoka University nether BNS sections 152 (acts endangering sovereignty oregon unity and integrity of India), 353 (statements conducing to nationalist mischief), 79 (deliberate actions aimed astatine insulting the modesty of a woman) and 196(1) (promoting enmity betwixt antithetic groups connected grounds of religion)," constabulary told PTI.

During the proceeding successful the SC, the apical tribunal besides reprimanded the Ashoka University prof for his station and accused him of “dog whistling" and trying to summation “cheap publicity".

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