New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday, September 20, stated that case against a 19-year-old student cannot be quashed just because she has deleted a social media post on Operation Sindoor and apologised for it.

A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad observed that the FIR against the accused cannot be quashed merely because she is a "bright student" who has cleared her exams with "flying colours."

The Bombay High Court was hearing a petition filed by the Pune collegian seeking to quash the FIR lodged against her in May for her social media post on Indo-Pak hostilities amid Operation Sindoor.

The girl was arrested but was later released on bail from the high court.

During the hearing on ...