Bombay HC criticises Maharashtra for arresting student over post about Operation Sindoor
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday criticised the Maharashtra government for arresting a Pune student for an allegedly objectionable social media post about Operation Sindoor, PTI reported.
A division bench of Justices Gauri Godse and Somasekhar Sundaresan directed the student’s counsel to file a bail petition, adding that it would be granted immediately.
The bench also criticised the 19-year-old’s college for rusticating her for the social media post, saying that educational institutes need to help students rather than turn them into criminals, Live Law reported.
The court was hearing a petition filed by the engineering student challenging her rustication.
The bench said that the student had already faced the consequences after being rusticated by the college and that she must be released.
The 19-year-old is a second-year information technology student at Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, a private unaided college affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University.
On May 7, she had allegedly reposted material on Instagram from an account that criticised the Indian government, PTI reported. The post was related to military tensions between India and Pakistan after Operation Sindoor, according to Live Law.
After receiving threats online, she had deleted the post and apologised.
However, following protests against her post, she was arrested on May 9, according to PTI. She was rusticated by the college on the same day.
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