India, May 21 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad after he challenged his arrest over a Facebook post following Operation Sindoor, India's military strikes on terror hubs in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The professor, who is head of the political science department at the University, was arrested on Sunday by the Haryana police pursuant to two complaints, including one by the Haryana State Commission for Women. The complaints, most people admit, seem to be a complete misreading of his post, which does not say anything critical about Operation Sindoor or the two women military officers who, on several occasions, briefed the media on it.

The top court's intervention ...