student held for operation sindoor post, granted bail, sits for exam
Pune, May 30 -- A 19-year-old engineering student from the city, who was arrested earlier this month over a social media post about the government's "Operation Sindoor", appeared for her semester exam on Thursday under security cover, her lawyer informed the Bombay High Court.
Advocate Farhana Shah, representing the student, told a vacation bench of Justices Gauri Godse and Somasekhar Sundaresan that her client was released from Yerawada Central Jail on Tuesday night, in line with the court's directions.
"She received her admit card on Wednesday and was able to appear for the exam on Thursday," Shah said. The court noted that no additional directions were needed and posted the matter before a regular bench on June 9. The High Court had earlier pulled up the Maharashtra government over the student's arrest, describing the police action as "absolutely shocking" and an overreaction aimed at "ruining her life."
The court also stayed the rustication order issued by Sinhgad Academy of Engineering, where she is a second-year student, allowing her to take her remaining exams. The student had already missed two written papers and two practicals while in custody.
The bench noted that she can approach her college and Savitribai Phule Pune University to seek permission to reappear for those missed exam papers. On Thursday morning, she arrived at the exam centre with a family member....
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