New Delhi, May 22 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Associate Professor of Political Science at Ashoka University, who was arrested by the Haryana Police over two Facebook posts commenting on 'Operation Sindoor', India's military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh also directed the State of Haryana to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT), comprising three senior officers not residing in Haryana or Delhi, within the next 24 hours, to probe the case, particularly, Mahmudabad's "intent" behind his social media posts that led to two First Information Reports (FIRs) against him. One officer of the SIT should be a woman and such SIT, the Court said, should be headed by an IG rank officer and the other two members must be of SP rank. The Court clarified that bail was being granted only to "facilitate" the investigation. It also directed Mahmudabad to furnish a single bail bond for both FIRs against him and submit his passport before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sonepat. The Court further ordered that Mahmudabad shall not make public comments, social media posts etc,. or write any articles expressing his opinion on the recent India-Pakistan conflict and the terror attack in Pahalgam. The bench also questioned the need for Mahmudabad to have made the said social media posts at a time when the Country was witnessing "charged emotions." The bench criticised society's overemphasis on citizens' right to free speech while neglecting their duties, especially one to not offend the rights of others. "It is as if in the last 10 years the country is only distributing rights," it said, calling Mahmudabad's post one containing "double meanings," and suggesting that its intent should be analysed by someone with "deep knowledge and understanding," of such "academic" language....