Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad gets interim bail from SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ashoka University Associate Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad in a case about his comments about the press briefings on Operation Sindoor, Live Law reported.
Mahmudabad was arrested on Sunday and was sent to judicial custody on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt the investigation against the professor, who heads the political science department at Ashoka University.
Additionally, he has been barred from posting or publishing any content related to the social media posts under scrutiny, and has been directed not to comment on the Pahalgam terror attack and India’s subsequent military response, Live Law reported.
Mahmudabad was also ordered to surrender his passport, Bar and Bench reported.
The court also instructed the Haryana director general of police to form a special investigation team within 24 hours to look into the meaning of the words used by Mahmudabad.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and NK Singh specified that the team must include three senior Indian Police Service officers who do not belong to Haryana or Delhi, and that one of them must be a woman.
Ashoka University said on Wednesday that it was “relieved and heartened” about Mahmudabad being granted interim bail. “It has provided great comfort to his family and all of us at Ashoka University,” it said.
Two cases have been filed against Mahmudabad...
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