India, May 21 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested by Haryana Police on Sunday for his social media post on Operation Sindoor, but the Ashoka University professor will walk out of Sonepat jail only on Thursday morning.

His lawyer Kapil Balyan said Mahmudabad's team is likely to get the interim bail orders by Wednesday evening and the professor would be released on Thursday. Though the Supreme Court pulled up Mahmudabad for his Facebook post and accused him of "dog-whistling" while refusing to stay the investigation against him, his lawyer said: "This is a big victory for democracy and truth has prevailed."

Dog-whistling refers to the use of coded or suggestive language aimed at ...